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Relationship details form (SS284)

Use this form to provide us details of your living arrangements. This is so we can assess whether to pay you as a single person or as a member of a couple.

How to prove your identity with Centrelink

You need to prove your identity before you claim a payment or service.

  1. Parenting Payment
  2. Who can get it

Income and assets tests for Parenting Payment

The amount of Parenting Payment you can get depends on your income and assets as well as your partner’s, if you have one.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Update your banking details

Instructions on how to update your banking details, including cash, cheques, loans, savings, deeming accounts and term deposit accounts.

  1. Employment income reporting
  2. When to report

Scheduled reporting

If you need to report your employment income, it’ll usually be every 14 days, on a date we tell you. We call this scheduled reporting.

  1. Housing
  2. Most useful information

Information you need to know about reporting employment and using the Earnings Worksheet form (SU505(i))

Information about how your payment is affected by income from full time, part time or casual employment and what other assistance we may also provide.

  1. Rent Assistance
  2. Who can get it

Payment special rules for Rent Assistance eligibility

If you get certain payments, there are special rules for Rent Assistance.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. myGov online help guides

myGov help - Link Child Support to myGov if you have a Child Support Reference Number

Instructions on how to link Child Support to your myGov account if you have a Child Support Reference Number (CSRN).

  1. JobSeeker Payment
  2. When to claim

Starting your claim for JobSeeker Payment

You can start your claim for JobSeeker Payment up to 13 weeks before your circumstances change.

Updating parental income details

You’ll need to update your income details if you or your child get a letter from us asking for these.

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