Casual or irregular hours of work for Child Care Subsidy
Casual or irregular work hours may affect your subsidised hours of care for Child Care Subsidy.
How your percentage of care affects your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments
As part of a care assessment, we consider how often each parent or non-parent carer, cares for a child. This is the percentage of care.
Care calendar for when care arrangements for a child changes
Use this calendar to let us know how often you care for a child. We use this to work out your percentage of care to calculate FTB payments and child support.
Social work services for your mental health
We can help you access mental health support services in certain circumstances.
Download the Express Plus Child Support mobile app
When you’ve set up your Child Support online account, you can download and use the Express Plus Child Support mobile app.
Set up the Express Plus Child Support mobile app
You’ll need to set up the app before you use it.
Multiple devices and people using the Express Plus Child Support mobile app
You can only use the Express Plus Child Support mobile app on 1 device at a time.
Express Plus Child Support mobile app error messages
If you get an error message there are things you can do.
Contact us to get help using the Express Plus Child Support mobile app
If you need more help read our online guides or call us.
Why you need to apply for child support while you get FTB Part A
Where possible parents should take primary responsibility for the cost of looking after their children. This is why we ask you to apply for child support.