Most useful information for separated parents

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.

1. Parenting Payment
2. How to manage your payment

Travel outside Australia rules for Parenting Payment

There are rules about how long you can get Parenting Payment when you travel outside Australia.

Foreign income for family assistance

Foreign income can affect how much Family Tax Benefit (FTB) and Child Care Subsidy (CCS) you get.

Parental Leave Pay counted as income

We treat Parental Leave Pay as taxable income. This means it counts in your income test for payments from us.

Notional assessment

We assess what the child support rate would be if the agreement wasn’t in place. We call this a notional assessment.