Supporting documents for your Centrelink claim
When you claim a payment or service, we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.
- Seeking medical help
- Get health care
Concession and health care cards
Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.
- Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
- Centrelink online account help guides
Centrelink online account help - Apply for an advance payment
Instructions to apply for an advance payment using your Centrelink online account.
- Rent Assistance
- How to manage your payment
Change of circumstances when you get Rent Assistance
We need to know about changes that could affect or stop your Rent Assistance.
- Who can get it
- Rent types for Rent Assistance
Retirement village or lifestyle village rent type for rent assistance
Eligibility for Rent Assistance when you’re in retirement living.
- Looking for work
- Most useful information
Profit and Loss Statement form (SU580)
Use this form if you are a sole trader, subcontractor or a partner in a partnership that has started new employment or a new business.
- Asset types
- Gifting
How gifting can affect your payment
If you or your partner gift money, income or assets, we may assess it in your income and assets tests.
Deeming
Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.
Gifting
If you give away your income or assets, they may still count towards your income and assets tests. This also applies if you sell them for less than they’re worth.
- Employment income reporting
- What to report
Income from self employment
If you’re self employed you need to tell us about your business income. This is so we can pay you the right amount. You also need to tell us if this changes.