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Advising non-lodgement of a tax return

If you got Family Tax Benefit (FTB) or Child Care Subsidy (CCS) and you or your partner don’t need to lodge a tax return, you need to tell us and confirm your family income.

Check your Income Management and BasicsCard balance

You can check the balance of your Income Management account and BasicsCard many ways.

  1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
  2. Centrelink online account help guides

Centrelink online account help - Update your activity test for Child Care Subsidy

Instructions on how to update your activity test to make sure you get the correct amount of Child Care Subsidy and are not overpaid.

  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. Additional Child Care Subsidy
  2. Who can get it

The Grandparent additional child care subsidy

You need to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the Additional Child Care Subsidy Grandparent.

Employment income

This is pay you get for work you've done for an employer.

  1. Prove your identity
  2. Proving your identity online

How to prove your identity to Centrelink through myGov

How to prove who you are to Centrelink through myGov using the Centrelink identity verification linking option.

  1. Looking for work
  2. Top payments

Energy Supplement

An extra payment to help with energy costs if you get certain payments from us.

  1. How to balance your payment
  2. Balancing Family Tax Benefit

Understanding your Family Tax Benefit balancing outcome

Once we’ve balanced your Family Tax Benefit (FTB), we’ll let you know the outcome in writing.

Income maintenance period

This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.

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