Creating a new organisation debt record on the Debt Management and Information System (DMIS) 107-02020060

Organisations may have the following debts:

• ABSTUDY
• Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) Scheme
• Parental Leave Pay (PPL)
• Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments to an Approved Care Organisation (ACO)
• Assurance of Support (AOS) payment where the assurer is an organisation
• Third Party Organisation (TPO) payments

Raise a debt against the organisation if they directly received the payment.

Raise the debt against an educational institution if the ABSTUDY or AIC scheme student is no longer qualified for:

• an education allowance or living allowance, and
• the institution directly received the allowance

Boarding institutions are responsible for overpayment of:

• Pharmaceutical Allowance (PhA)
• Rent Assistance (RA)
• Remote Area Allowance (RAA
• Living Allowance paid fortnightly
• Term-in-advance, as an ABSTUDY boarding instalment or on account to the boarding school, hostel or residential college
• Under-16 Boarding Supplement. This payment ceased on 1 January 2019
• Additional Assistance paid to the boarding institution

Schools are responsible for overpayments of:

• School Fees Allowance
• Additional Assistance paid to the school

Tertiary education institutions are responsible for overpayments of:

• Away-from-base assistance paid as residential costs and fares to the tertiary education institution
• Additional Assistance paid to the tertiary education institution
• Lawful Custody Allowance if paid to the tertiary education institution
• Payments to the institution made under the Residential Costs Option for board and lodging when student was not eligible
• Student Contribution (previously called Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) fees)
• Course fees where paid to the tertiary education institution