Most useful information for separated parents

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. What can affect your payment

Change of circumstances while getting Family Tax Benefit

You need to tell us when your circumstances change when you get Family Tax Benefit.

1. Parenting Payment
2. What your commitments are

Change of circumstances while getting Parenting Payment

We need to know about changes to your or your partner’s situation. If you don’t tell us when these changes happen, you may get a debt you’ll have to pay back.

1. Child support assessment
2. What you need to know

Paying child support when you live outside Australia

We’ll try to contact you to discuss your payments and check your Australian assessment is correct and reflects your circumstances.

1. How to manage your assessment
2. Overpayments

Recovering child and spousal support payments

How we enforce payments of overdue amounts of child support and spousal support.

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. How to manage your payment

Support services for separated families

We provide separated parents support and information to help with their family situation.

Choose how to pay child support

There are different ways to pay child support or spousal maintenance.

1. Child Care Subsidy
2. How to manage your payment

Travel outside Australia rules for Child Care Subsidy

There are rules about when you can get Child Care Subsidy when you travel outside Australia. The rules also apply to your Additional Child Care Subsidy.

Newly arrived resident's waiting period

If you’ve recently arrived as a resident in Australia, you may have to wait to get payments or concession cards.

1. Parenting Payment
2. How to manage your payment

Prepare to transfer to Age Pension if you get Parenting Payment

If you get Parenting Payment and you’re Age Pension age, you can apply to transfer to Age Pension.

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. What can affect your payment

Travel outside Australia rules for Family Tax Benefit

There are rules about when you can get Family Tax Benefit when you travel outside Australia. The rules also apply if your dependent children go overseas.