Most useful information for separated parents

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.

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. How much you can get

Foreign income for family assistance

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

1. Income and assets tests
2. Income

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.

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

What ends a child support assessment

There are a number of reasons why a child support assessment will end.

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

Family Tax Benefit when your child is 16 to 19 and stops full time study or school

If your child turns 16 and stops studying full time or going to school after they turn 16, your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) may change.

Examples to help you balance your family assistance payments

Find out what you need to do to balance your family assistance based on your circumstances.

Family Tax Benefit Account Payable notice

If you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB), you need to confirm your family income each year. If you don’t, we’ll send you an Account Payable notice.

1. Asset types
2. Private trusts and companies

Trust reviews

How we check that you correctly report the income you receive from a trust.

Capability assessment

An assessment done by us to find out if you’re capable of meeting your current mutual obligation requirements.