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Checking your enhanced Income Management account balance

You can check your enhanced Income Management account balance in different ways.

  1. Centrelink debts and overpayments
  2. How to repay money you owe to Centrelink

If you’re unsure which option to use to repay the money you owe

Examples to help you decide if you should repay money you owe in full or over time.

  1. Active scams
  2. Other Services Australia scams

Fake charities and No Interest Loans scams

Scammers are posing as charities and No Interest Loans providers, such as Good Shepherd or Salvation Army. They then try to steal from people who need financial support.

  1. Active scams
  2. Medicare scams

Medicare phishing scams

Scammers are pretending to be from Medicare.

  1. Active scams
  2. Other Services Australia scams

Fake digital document signing scams

Scammers are contacting people and asking them to digitally sign a fake document that’s been created to steal personal information.

  1. Centrepay
  2. How to use it

Set up Centrepay deductions

You can set up your own Centrepay deductions. Once you’ve arranged a Centrepay deduction, we pay the business for you, out of your Centrelink payment.

  1. Remote Area Allowance
  2. How to manage your allowance

Avoid committing fraud

Do the right thing and avoid committing fraud by keeping your details with us up to date.

  1. Scams and identity theft
  2. Avoid and report scams

Report a Services Australia or myGov scam

You can report scams impersonating Services Australia and myGov, including Centrelink, Medicare or Child Support.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Update your banking details

Instructions on how to update your banking details, including cash, cheques, loans, savings, deeming accounts and term deposit accounts.

  1. Managing your money
  2. Centrelink debts and overpayments

How to repay money you owe to Centrelink

You can repay money you owe for a Centrelink debt in full or set up a payment arrangement. We may also recover money in other ways.

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