Income tests for family assistance and Paid Parental Leave scheme payments 007-07070000

Policy

Family Tax Benefit (FTB)

Family Assistance Guide, 3.1.1.20, Current FTB rates & income test amounts

Family Assistance Guide, 3.1, FTB rate calculation

Child Care Subsidy (CCS)

Family Assistance Guide, 3.5.1, CCS - combined annual ATI

Family Assistance Guide, 3.5.2, CCS - activity test

Stillborn Baby Payment (SBP)

Family Assistance Guide, 2.12.1, SBP eligibility criteria

Paid Parental Leave (PPL)

Paid Parental Leave Guide, 2.3, PPL scheme income test for PLP

Paid Parental Leave Guide, 7, Review of decisions

Historical rates and income test amounts

For rate and income test amounts, see Family Assistance Guide, 3.6.1, FTB Part A - Historical Rates

For rate and income test amounts, see Family Assistance Guide, 3.6.3, FTB Part B - Historical Rates

Family Assistance Guide, 3.6.2, FTB Rent Assistance - Historical Rates & Thresholds

For pre 1 July 2000 amounts, see Social Security Guide, 4.10.5, Historical Families & Parenting Income & Assets Limits

Legislation

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Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

• Schedule 3.2, Adjusted Taxable Income
• Schedule 1, Family Tax Benefit Rate Calculator
• Schedule 1, clause 3, Method of Calculating Part A rate
• Schedule 1, clause 25, Method of Calculating Part A rate
• Schedule 1, clause 28, Income test
• Schedule 1, clause 2, Higher income free area

FTB Part B

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

• Schedule 1, clause 29, General method of Calculating Part B rate
• Schedule 1, clause 32, Income test
• Schedule 1, clause 33, Income free area

Child Care Subsidy (CCS)

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, Division 4 - Estimates etc. of adjusted taxable income

Stillborn Baby Payment (SBP)

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, section 36, When an individual is eligible for stillborn baby payment in normal circumstances

Paid Parental Leave (PPL)

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, Division 4, The income test

Note: for Authority to apply legislation relating to children born or adopted before 1 July 2023, use the superseded version of the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 registered on 17 August 2022. Authority is given in Schedule 3 Part 2 of the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Act 2023.