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Manage budget changes when you’re working

Your budget may change depending on how much you earn. We have tools and support to help you manage your money.

  1. Manage your money
  2. Tax time

What happens after you lodge your tax return at tax time

What happens after you lodge your tax return depends on your circumstances. You may get a refund or have a tax bill from the ATO, or have to wait for us to balance your FTB or CCS.

  1. Managing your money
  2. Manage your money

What you need to do at tax time

Find out what you need to know and do at tax time, if you get a payment or service from us.

  1. Assets test
  2. Asset types

Rural customers and primary producers

Some rural properties and farms have more than one title or larger blocks than residential properties. The asset test rules are different for these properties.

Liquid assets waiting period

The liquid assets waiting period is between one and 13 weeks.

Seasonal work preclusion period

This applies if you or your partner finished seasonal, contract or intermittent work within 6 months of submitting your claim.

  1. Mutual obligation requirements
  2. Mutual obligation requirements in the Remote Australia Employment Service

Comprehensive Compliance Assessment

An assessment to find out why you haven’t been meeting your mutual obligation requirements.

Help in your language

We can help you with translated information or you can talk to a service officer who speaks your language.

Voluntary Income Management and BasicsCard

You may have volunteered for Income Management because you needed help managing your payments.

  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.

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