Top payments for growing up

1. Income and assets test
2. Assets test

Asset types

Assets are property or items you or your partner own in full or part, or have an interest in. They can affect your payment.

How to prove your identity with Centrelink

You need to prove your identity before you claim a payment or service.

1. Family Tax Benefit
2. How to claim

Proving your child’s birth or adoption

You need to give us proof of your child’s birth or adoption before we can finalise your claim for Parental Leave Pay or Family Tax Benefit.

1. How much you can get
2. Hours of subsidised child care

Recognised participation for Child Care Subsidy

Recognised participation types for Child Care Subsidy (CCS).

Deeming

Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.

Income

Most types of income count in your income test. We use this and your assets test to assess if you can get a payment, and to calculate your rate of payment.

1. Top payments
2. Rent Assistance

Who can get Rent Assistance

You can get Rent Assistance if you get an eligible payment and your eligible accommodation costs are over a certain amount.

1. Recently unemployed
2. Most useful information

Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)

You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.

Changing your child’s care arrangements

If the amount of time you care or share the care for a child changes, this may affect your payments and services.

1. Child Care Subsidy
2. How to manage your payment

Child Care Subsidy if your child is absent from child care

We may pay Child Care Subsidy (CCS) if you’re charged for child care when your child is absent.