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Rates of Centrelink payments, taxation and manual assessment 108-08000000

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This document outlines different information concerning payment rates and thresholds.

Information to determine rate of payment

Information provided includes:

  • ready reckoners
  • coding manual rates of payment
  • maximum rates of payment
  • thresholds
  • rate charts
  • add-on payments

Centrelink staff assess a customer's eligibility to receive these payments according to legislative requirements.

A different Income Test may apply for customers receiving income from an agreement country if they are granted via an agreement.

Historical rates of payment can be found in the Guide to Social Security Law by using the link in Policy.

Contents

Rates and thresholds

Pension Supplement

Quarterly supplement

Education Entry Payment (EdEP)

Pharmaceutical Allowance (PhA)

Transition to Independent Living Allowance (TILA)

Remote Area Allowance (RAA)

Special Employment Advance (SEA)

Telephone Allowance (TAL)

Utilities Allowance (UA)

Centrepay customer interactions

Rent Deduction Scheme (RDS) deductions

Payment of arrears after reassessment and stopping a payment

Manual rates of payment

Income Statements and detailed income and asset statements

The Parental Means Test

New Zealand Agreement and foreign pension information

International Social Security Agreements

Rent Assistance