Clean Energy Advance (CEA) for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) customers 101-03090020

FTB customers were automatically paid a CEA if, for 2012-2013:

• They received more than a nil legislative rate of FTB Part A
• FTB instalments were not prohibited due to non-lodgement of tax returns (PIP), and
• They were in Australia and had at least one FTB child in their care in Australia (a CEA may have been paid when they returned to Australia, or on 1 July 2013). To have received the CEA for a child, the child must have been in Australia

An Approved Care Organisation (ACO) receiving FTB will also be paid a CEA.

The CEA equated to 1.7% of the customer's maximum annual FTB Part A (per child) and Part B (per family) rates for 2012-13. See the Resources page for CEA rates.

For ACOs, the CEA equated to 1.7% of their FTB Part A entitlement for each child in care.

The CEA was calculated as a daily rate based on FTB circumstances. If paid before 1 July 2013, the CEA amount for the rest of the 2012-13 financial year was based on the customer's FTB circumstances on the day of processing (future changes were not taken into account). If circumstances changed the customer may have been entitled to a top-up payment.

Initial payments were made in May 2012. Customers who became eligible due to grant or reassessment of FTB received a CEA with their first or next FTB payment. A pro-rata CEA was paid if eligibility started after 1 July 2012.

After the end of the 2012-13 financial year, customers may have received a CEA as a result of FTB reconciliation. Customers who claimed FTB for 2012-13 as a lump sum had their entitlement to a CEA determined when their claim was finalised.

A CEA top-up payment was automatically paid if a customer became entitled to a higher FTB CEA amount than originally paid.

For a CEA or top-up to be paid, FTB lump sum claims must have been lodged or FTB reconciliation requirements met by 30 June 2014.

If the customer was granted a special circumstance extension to lodge a lump sum claim or lodge their income and FTB was assessed and paid then CEA was assessed and paid if entitled.

ACOs received their initial CEA payment in June 2012. Top-ups were paid to ACOs in July 2013.