Business structures
Your business structure may affect your and your partner’s payments from us.
How to use Centrepay
You can use the Centrepay bill paying service to pay for goods and services from registered businesses. You can set up Centrepay deductions from most Centrelink payments.
Update your relationship status for Child Care Subsidy
If your relationship status changes throughout the year, you need to let us know.
When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Child Care Subsidy
When you get Child Care Subsidy, you may need to tell us if you’re leaving Australia.
What happens if we update your child support assessment while you get FTB Part A
If circumstances change for you or the other parent, we’ll update your child support assessment. This means your FTB payments may change too.
ABSTUDY for high school study
There’s ABSTUDY support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in secondary school.
Examples of granny flat interests
We’ve put together some common examples to help you understand how we assess granny flats. These examples don't cover every situation.
If you get both Child Care Subsidy and Family Tax Benefit
We pay both the subsidy and Family Tax Benefit (FTB) based on your family income estimate. The higher your estimate is, the less subsidy and FTB you’ll get.
Family Tax Benefit Part A balancing and child support
If you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and child support, we’ll check you got the right amount of FTB when we balance your payments.
Disputed care and interim periods
Disputed care is when parents stop following a written care arrangement without both parents agreeing to do so. An interim period may apply when this happens.