Income maintenance period
This waiting period may apply if you or your partner have stopped work and got leave or redundancy payments.
How to balance your payment for Family Tax Benefit
We compare your income estimate with your actual income at the end of each financial year. This is how we check you got the right amount.
Your child support rights if you disagree with your assessment or payment
What you can do if you disagree with your child support assessments or payments.
Granny flat interest
A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.
Child support assessment period
A child support period is the amount of time an assessment covers. It can be up to 15 months.
Sole trader or partnership income
Business income is counted in the income test.
Financial investments
The value of your financial investments counts in the assets test and income test for payments from us.
Family Tax Benefit when your child is 16 to 19 and stops full time study or school
If your child turns 16 and stops studying full time or going to school after they turn 16, your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) may change.
Child support when parents and children live outside Australia
We may be able to help you set up child support when you or the other parent live in another country.
How we use adjusted taxable income
What you claim determines how we work out your adjusted taxable income.