Most useful information for working

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

Payments while outside Australia

To get your payment or concession card while outside Australia, you must continue to meet the qualification rules at all times.

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. Medicare
2. How to claim

Medicare and tax

Australians help to pay for Medicare from income tax. How much tax you pay depends on your income.

1. Work Bonus
2. How it works

Work Bonus if you don’t work

If you don’t work you still accrue a bonus.

1. Natural disaster
2. Most useful information

Verification of voluntary work form (SU462)

Job seekers and voluntary work organisations can use this form.

Supporting documents for your Centrelink claim

When you claim a payment or service, we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.

1. Manage your money
2. Tax time

What to do at tax time

Find out what you need to do after each financial year at tax time if you get a payment from us.

Income from scholarships for students and apprentices

Income you get from scholarships can count in your income test. It might affect your payments.

Assets test for allowances

We use the assets test to help us work out if you can be paid an allowance and how much you'll get.