What’s on it

Your payment summary shows most of your taxable and non-taxable payments the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) need to know about.

Your payment summary shows:

  • most of your Centrelink payments and allowances
  • payment dates
  • taxable and tax exempt amounts
  • tax withheld amounts that show as deductions.

Find out:

Family Tax Benefit is a non-taxable payment. If you only got payments of Family Tax Benefit from us, you won’t get a payment summary.

Once your details pre-fill in your ATO tax return, you won’t need a payment summary. It’s best to lodge your tax return once all your information pre-fills. This helps avoid errors and having to resubmit your tax return.

Page last updated: 16 July 2025.
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