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Coronavirus Supplement Entitlement Period

Coronavirus Supplement eligible payment between 27/04/2020 and 24/09/2020

Customers who received or were granted a Coronavirus Supplement eligible payment between 27/04/2020 and 24/09/2020 were eligible for a $550 Coronavirus Supplement payment.

Note: for Benefit Transfers, see the Payment cancellation and benefit transfers table on the Process page.

Table 1

CVS ($550) OTPMM Details

Start Date

End Date

1

27/04/2020

10/05/2020

2

11/05/2020

24/05/2020

3

25/05/2020

07/06/2020

4

08/06/2020

21/06/2020

5

22/06/2020

05/07/2020

6

06/07/2020

19/07/2020

7

20/07/2020

02/08/2020

8

03/08/2020

16/08/2020

9

17/08/2020

30/08/2020

10

31/08/2020

13/09/2020

11

14/09/2020

27/09/2020

Coronavirus Supplement eligible payment between 25/09/2020 and 31/12/2020

Customers who were receiving an eligible Coronavirus Supplement payment and had the 24th of September as part of their reporting period, received a final $550 Coronavirus Supplement payment before transitioning to the change rate of $250. See Coronavirus Supplement Payment Rate Change Transition Matrix - September 2020 table.

Customers granted a Coronavirus Supplement eligible payment between 25/09/2020 and 31/12/2020 were eligible for the Coronavirus Supplement at the rate of $250 per fortnight.

Note: for Benefit Transfers, see the Payment cancellation and benefit transfers table on the Process page.

Table 2

CVS ($250)

OTPMM Detail

Start Date

End Date

12

28/09/2020

11/10/2020

13

12/10/2020

25/10/2020

14

26/10/2020

08/11/2020

15

09/11/2020

22/11/2020

16

23/11/2020

06/12/2020

17

07/12/2020

20/12/2020

18

21/12/2020

03/01/2021

Coronavirus Supplement eligible payment on or after 01/01/2021

Customers who were receiving an eligible Coronavirus Supplement payment and had the 31st of December 2020 as part of their reporting period, received a final $250 Coronavirus Supplement payment before transitioning to the change rate of $150. See Coronavirus Supplement Payment Rate Change Transition Matrix - January 2021.

Customers granted a Coronavirus Supplement eligible payment on or after 1 January 2021 were eligible for the Coronavirus Supplement at the rate of $150 per fortnight.

Note: for Benefit Transfers, see the Payment cancellation and benefit transfers table on the Process page.

Table 3

CVS ($150) OTPMM Detail

Start Date

End Date

19

04/01/2021

17/01/2021

20

18/01/2021

31/01/2021

21

01/02/2021

14/02/2021

22

15/02/2021

28/02/2021

23

01/03/2021

14/03/2021

24

15/03/2021

28/03/2021

25

29/03/2021

11/04/2021

26

12/04/2021

13/04/2021

Note: rows 25 and 26 are only applicable where a customer's EPSD is before 1 April 2021. The Coronavirus Supplement payment stopped 31 March 2021.

Coronavirus Supplement Transition

Coronavirus Supplement Payment Rate Change Transition Matrix - September 2020

Eligible customers with a regular fortnightly reporting period that started on or before 24 September 2020 received a Coronavirus Supplement payment of $550 with their regular payment.

Eligible customers continued to receive $250 per fortnight until 31 December 2020.

The following table outlines the Coronavirus Supplement payment amount an eligible customer should have received based on their reporting date.

Table 4

A

B

C

D

E

2

3

4

5

6

14/09

$550

15/09

$550

16/09

$550

17/09

$550

18/09

$550

21/09

$550

22/09

$550

23/09

$550

24/09

$550

25/09

$550

28/09

$550

29/09

$550

30/09

$550

01/10

$550

02/10

$550

05/10

$550

06/10

$550

07/10

$550

08/10

$250

09/10

$250

12/10

$250

13/10

$250

14/10

$250

15/10

$250

16/10

$250

19/10

$250

20/10

$250

21/10

$250

22/10

$250

23/10

$250

Coronavirus Supplement Payment Rate Change Transition Matrix - January 2021

Eligible customers with a regular fortnightly reporting period that started on or before 31 December 2020 were entitled to receive a Coronavirus Supplement payment of $250 with their regular payment. This means that customers who were due to report on or before 13 January 2021 received $250 with their regular payment.

Customers whose regular reporting day was 14 January 2021 onwards, received $150 per fortnight. Customers continued to receive $150 per fortnight until 31 March 2021 as long as they remained eligible.

The following table outlines the Coronavirus Supplement payment amount an eligible customer received based on their reporting date.

Table 5

A

B

C

D

E

2

3

4

5

6

21/12

$250

22/12

$250

23/12

$250

24/12

$250

25/12

$250

28/12

$250

29/12

$250

30/12

$250

31/12

$250

01/01

$250

04/01

$250

05/01

$250

06/01

$250

07/01

$250

08/01

$250

11/01

$250

12/01

$250

13/01

$250

14/01

$150

15/01

$150

18/01

$150

19/01

$150

20/01

$150

21/01

$150

22/01

$150

25/01

$150

26/01

$150

27/01

$150

28/01

$150

29/01

$150

Coronavirus Supplement Payment Rate Change Transition Matrix - 31 March 2021

Customers whose regular reporting day is 14 April 2021 onwards, will no longer receive the Coronavirus Supplement.

Customers continued to receive $150 per fortnight until 31 March 2021, as long as they remained eligible.

The following table outlines the Coronavirus Supplement payment amount an eligible customer will receive based on their reporting date.

Table 6

A

B

C

D

E

2

3

4

5

6

29/03

$150

30/03

$150

31/03

$150

01/04

$150

02/04

$150

05/04

$150

06/04

$150

07/04

$150

08/04

$150

09/04

$150

12/04

$150

13/04

$150

14/04

No CVS

15/04

No CVS

16/04

No CVS

19/04

No CVS

20/04

No CVS

21/04

No CVS

22/04

No CVS

23/04

No CVS

Example - Coronavirus Supplement Entitlement Period

Table 7

Item

Description

1

Customers reporting period spans across 2 Coronavirus Entitlement Periods

A customer's reporting period in most cases differed to that of the Coronavirus Entitlement Period. When a customer's payment is granted, their first reporting period may span over 2 Coronavirus Entitlement Periods. If the customer was eligible to receive at least $1 of payment within both of the Coronavirus Supplement Entitlement Periods, the system will pay them 2 payments of the Coronavirus Supplement.

A customer is only eligible to 1 supplement per Coronavirus Supplement Entitlement Period. Check if the customer has already received the supplement after they have reported for their reporting period.

The One Time Payment Main Menu (OTPMM) screen within Customer First gives further information and the explanation to the eligibility dependant on the customers reporting period.

2

Customer paid $1

Customer in receipt of JobSeeker Payment (JSP) is due to report on 18 February for the period 5- 18 February 2021.

The customer declares income from employment. They have no working credit.

The income depletes their basic benefit but the customer still received a partial amount of Rent Assistance (RA) of $50.

As the customer has still received more than $1 of Coronavirus Supplement eligible income support payment, they will receive the Coronavirus Supplement payment for that period.

3

Customer transfers to Age Pension

Customer in receipt of Jobseeker Payment (JSP) with an EPED end date of 20 January 2021.

Customer reported on 20 January 2021 and received a Coronavirus Supplement payment of $150 with their regular JSP on 21 January 2021.

Customer transfers to Age Pension on 26 January 2021.

Customer receives a final partial payment of JSP for the period 21 - 25 January 2021. Because they have received at least $1 of their final partial payment they will receive a final Coronavirus Supplement payment of $150.

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