Top payments for separated parents

When to report your income to Centrelink

If you’re getting an income support payment, we’ll tell you when you need to report any other income you get.

1. Assets test
2. Asset types

Funeral bonds and prepaid funerals

Funeral costs you pay for in advance normally don’t count in your assets test for payments from us. There are some exceptions.

1. Top payments
2. Financial Information Service

What FIS information you can watch online

We have information about financial matters online that may help your situation.

1. Asset types
2. Granny flat interest

How we assess granny flat interests

You need to tell us the value of the granny flat interest so we can assess if this affects your payments.

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

Balancing Child Care Subsidy

What you need to do to balance your Child Care Subsidy (CCS) payments depends on your circumstances.

1. Employment income reporting
2. When to report

Scheduled reporting

If you need to report your employment income, it’ll usually be every 14 days, on a date we tell you. We call this scheduled reporting.

1. Child support self service
2. Express Plus Child Support mobile app

How to download and set up the Express Plus Child Support mobile app

You can download and set up the Express Plus Child Support mobile app on your mobile phone or tablet.

1. Managing your money
2. Most useful information

Cancel Nominee Arrangement form (SS532)

Use this form to tell us that you, as an authorised person or organisation, want to cancel a nominee arrangement.

1. Death of a loved one
2. Most useful information

Executor/Administrator Request for information form (SS524)

Use this form to request information from us regarding a deceased person.

1. Child support assessment
2. How we work out your assessment

Parents with 2 or more child support assessments

We work out how much child support you pay or receive if you have 2 or more families from past relationships