Paying tax on your payment

You may have to pay income tax on your taxable Centrelink payments.

We don’t automatically deduct tax from most of our payments. But you can ask us to do this for you if you get a taxable payment. This can reduce the amount of tax you may have to pay at the end of the tax year.

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what Centrelink payments are taxable
deducting tax from your payment.

Taxable Centrelink payments

If you get a taxable Centrelink payment, you may need to lodge a tax return at the end of the tax year.

Deduct tax from your payment

You can ask us to deduct tax from most taxable Centrelink payments. This can help reduce how much tax you may have to pay at the end of the tax year.

Page last updated: 20 April 2022.

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