Calculating the Child Care Benefit (CCB) percentage for approved care 007-03060050
Expand allFrom 2 July 2018:
- Child Care Subsidy (CCS) replaces Child Care Benefit (CCB) and Child Care Rebate (CCR)
- Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) replaces Special Child Care Benefit (SCCB) Child at Risk and Temporary Financial Hardship, Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance (JETCCFA) and Grandparent Child Care Benefit (GCCB)
For more information, see Child Care Subsidy (CCS) and Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS).
Claims for CCB and CCR lump sum for approved care and CCB Registered Care, for care received prior to 2 July 2018, can be lodged up until 30 June 2019.
This document outlines information in relation to calculating percentages for Child Care Benefit (CCB).
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CCB percentage calculation
When a customer claims Child Care Benefit (CCB) for approved care, a CCB percentage is calculated. The CCB percentage depends on the family's estimated adjusted taxable income and the age and number of children using child care.
A CCB percentage is not required for the calculation of the registered care rate.
The CCB percentage for approved care is calculated by using the formula:
CCB percentage = multiple child percentage x taxable income percentage. The Resources page provides an example.
The multiple child percentage applies if more than 1 child attends the same kind of care in the same week. For CCB, approved long day care, family day care, in-home care, outside school hours care and vacation care are considered to be one kind of care. Approved occasional care is another kind of care. The higher CCB percentage is payable for each of the customer's children attending the same kind of care in the same week.
The CCB percentage is applied to the standard hourly rate to work out the customer's child care fee reduction. If an approved service provider charges more than the standard hourly rate, the customer must pay the difference. Although the CCB percentage may be more than 100%, customers cannot receive more CCB than the child care fees they are liable to pay. Customers should contact the child care service to find out how much they must pay in child care fees.
Services Australia is responsible for ensuring the information provided by the customer is recorded accurately on the customer's record to calculate the customer's correct CCB percentage.
The 
online estimators can be used to calculate a family's potential CCB and Child Care Rebate (CCR) entitlement and out-of-pocket child care expenses for approved care.
There are no blended family provisions for CCB. For families to get the full effect of the multiple child percentage, only one member of a couple should claim CCB.
CCB income test
Customers are entitled to the maximum Child Care Benefit (CCB) percentage if they or their partner receive income support payments or if their adjusted taxable income does not exceed the lower income threshold.
The CCB percentage can be reduced to zero rate by the income test.
The Resources page contains links to the Services Australia website for Centrelink online services and online estimators, an intranet link to the Family Assistance Payment Rates (FPR006) publication, and an example of the multiple child percentage calculation.
Related links
Income tests for family assistance and Paid Parental Leave scheme payments
Updating income estimates for the current financial year
Recalculation of a Child Care Benefit (CCB) lump sum claim
Reconciliation of Child Care Benefit (CCB) for approved care
Rate of Family Tax Benefit (FTB)