Check your Family Tax Benefit balancing progress online
We balance your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) after you and your partner have lodged your tax return or confirmed your income with us.
Get free help with your tax return
If you’re eligible, the ATO has a free program to help you prepare and lodge your 2025-26 tax return.
Check your information is pre-filled in ATO myTax before you lodge
Most Centrelink payment information should now be pre-filled in your Australian Taxation Office (ATO) tax return.
What you need to do if you’re separated and getting Family Tax Benefit
If you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and are separated from the other parent, you must take reasonable action to get child support.
Financial information for tax time
Getting ready for tax time doesn't have to be overwhelming. Join our live Financial Information Service (FIS) webinar to learn what you need to know at tax time.
Reporting the same income more than once could affect your payment
Duplicated employment income is when the same income from your job is counted more than once in a Centrelink payment period.
More Parental Leave Pay days are now available
If your child was born or adopted after 1 July 2026, your family is eligible for 130 days of Parental Leave Pay.
Tax time is here
What you need to know before you lodge your tax return.
Nationwide AusAlert mobile phone test – 27 July 2026
AusAlert will send a nationwide test alert to compatible mobile devices at 2 pm AEST on Monday 27 July 2026.
It’s important you trust the person or organisation acting for you
Before you approve someone to act for you with Centrelink, Medicare or Child Support, consider if you trust them with your personal details.