Most viewed payments for Having a baby

1. Top payments
2. Family Tax Benefit

How to manage your Family Tax Benefit

Your options and obligations for Family Tax Benefit.

Overdrawn bank account

You can get help to access your money if you have an overdrawn bank account.

When to report your income to Centrelink

If you’re getting an income support payment, we’ll tell you when you need to report any other income you get.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Claim for an annual lump sum payment of Family Tax Benefit - A payment to help families with the cost of raising children for the 2024-25 financial year form (FA048)

Use this form to claim an annual lump sum payment of Family Tax Benefit for the 2024-25 financial year.

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. Family Tax Benefit
2. What can affect your payment

Change of circumstances while getting Family Tax Benefit

You need to tell us when your circumstances change when you get Family Tax Benefit.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Most useful information

Authorisation to act on an incapacitated person's behalf for Medicare purposes form (MO050)

Use this form if you want to act on behalf of someone who is incapable of managing their own affairs for Medicare services.

1. Child Care Subsidy
2. How to manage your payment

Report a change in circumstances for Child Care Subsidy

You need to tell us if your circumstances change when you're getting Child Care Subsidy.

1. Having a baby
2. When your baby arrives

Enrol your baby in Medicare only

If you don’t wish to claim for a families payment, you’ll need to submit proof of birth to enrol your baby in Medicare.

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.