Reporting the same income more than once could affect your payment

Published: 1 July 2026

Duplicated employment income is when the same income from your job is counted more than once in a Centrelink payment period.

It’s important to check your income before you submit it.

If you don’t review and correct any duplicated amounts, your income will look higher than it is. This means you may get a smaller Centrelink payment.

You and your partner can fix this by:

  • reporting one at a time - don’t start your reporting task together
  • removing duplicate income, if it shows more than once.

Read more about how to report your employment income.

Page last updated: 1 July 2026.
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