http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/ A forum to post your questions about Centrelink and child support payments. en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:22:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/images/bellybelly2/misc/rss.jpg http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/ http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117263-grandparents-becoming-paid-day-carers.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:29:04 GMT This is done now isn't it? Instead of putting a child into day care, grandparents can now register to care for the children, & get paid for it can't they? With CCR & all involved?

Anyone else do it, or know how it works, who to contact & whats involved? ]]> bjrose http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117263-grandparents-becoming-paid-day-carers.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117261-registered-carer-fees.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:15 GMT Hi, does anyone know how much registered carer fees per hour?? Hi, does anyone know how much registered carer fees per hour?? ]]> Natlia http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117261-registered-carer-fees.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117203-bit-confused-re-ccr.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:06:49 GMT We finally got the Child Care Rebate after our child care didn't tell us they needed the CRN for DD :rolleyes:. Anyway, now that we have received payment will it automatically be paid each quarter?

I'm also confused about the CCB but I need to look into that again to find out what it means. ]]> Tinsel http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117203-bit-confused-re-ccr.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117195-baby-bonus-help.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:41:36 GMT DH and I are trying to work out our budget for my Mat leave, and so I went looking at the centrelink website last night, and I think I might qualify to get the baby bonus. Would be close to the threshold... Obviously I would like to apply for it asap, and get the money coming in asap, but what if i apply straight away and say I am eligible, and then we get some additional income, what would happen then? Does it just stop? or would I have to pay back what I got??? Would I be better off just managing with what we have and getting it after 6 months when I can know for sure what our circumstances are? TIA DH and I are trying to work out our budget for my Mat leave, and so I went looking at the centrelink website last night, and I think I might qualify to get the baby bonus. Would be close to the threshold...

Obviously I would like to apply for it asap, and get the money coming in asap, but what if i apply straight away and say I am eligible, and then we get some additional income, what would happen then? Does it just stop? or would I have to pay back what I got??? Would I be better off just managing with what we have and getting it after 6 months when I can know for sure what our circumstances are?

TIA ]]> rufalina http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117195-baby-bonus-help.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117003-parenting-payment-vs-carer-payment.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:06:22 GMT Ok, I'm all confused, which is easily done these days..... :rolleyes:

At the moment I get FTB A & B.... and Parenting Payment while Ad isn't working. Ad gets newstart.

Ad is at Centrelink today letting them know he has part time work. So not sure yet if he'll be earning enough to keep Newstart and my Parenting Payment up, or get some, or lose it altogether.

I just rang and got them to send me the Carer Payment and Allowance forms. If I do get theses payments I lose the Parenting payment.

Does the Carer payments affect FTB??


The site says if we are a couple, we both get the payment. How does that work, and can Ad get that while working, or will I get the single rate?

Do we both apply, or will they work that out automatically when I apply?

Kane is demanding more and more time as he gets older, with his hearing loss and intense speech therapy, and the guy I spoke to said provided the doc writes down all the extra care it takes us, and the travelling that makes working even harder, we should be fine.

I really cant go sit at centrelink with questions, I'm just not up to it. I need to go in when I kinda know what i'm doing if that makes sense....:redface: ]]> Pretty Butterfly http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/117003-parenting-payment-vs-carer-payment.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116860-tax-lodged-now-what.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:07:30 GMT Sorry if there is already a thread for this, my PG brain is so not working.

so DP and i have FINALLY lodged our tax returns, i received my cheque back from the tax office so what happens now?

We OVER ESTIMATED by quite a bit (prob over $20,000) how long would it normally take to get a refund from Centrelink and how do they work it out?

I Underestimated my portion as we ended up paying me under DP's business to help with his tax etc but that will only make a difference to MY payment right, we still over estimated for the yr so will get something back.

God i hate all this stuff, it's so complicated and is prob going to be worse when #2 is here... Hmmm i'd prefer to over estimate and say what we CAN physically earn in a yr than under estimate and have to pay.
I paid my taxes for years, bout time i got something back... :p ]]> Avasmum#1 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116860-tax-lodged-now-what.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116816-centrelink-app-why.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:17:49 GMT When ExDF and i broke up i went on the single parenting pension and they sent me a letter saying we have made you an app regarding your eligibility for parenting payment etc...
When i got there she just said "we believe you are in a relationship bla bla bla" so i had to set them straight AGAIN.

I received the exact same letter again on friday..... My last app was maybe 6 months ago!? why do they want to see me again? Im still single and nothing has changed!!! ]]> Rainbow Raver http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116816-centrelink-app-why.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116687-parenting-payment-suspended.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:52:18 GMT I need advice on how to actually get some action out of Centrelink. I am getting absolutely nowhere with them.

My parenting payment was suspended as a friend did not return the reference letter to them. She wrongly assumed that because I was already getting the payment she didn't need to send it in & threw it out.

The Centrelink call centre have on two occasions told me they have re-sent the letter to my friend. She has not received it. A call centre operator advised me to go in to my local branch & ask for the letter to be printed on the spot. I waited for 1/2 an hour in the queue only to find that they could not print it out there. The woman pressed a button on her computer which supposedly sent the letter out & a week later it has still not arrived.

Today I called & was told that I should get my friend to write a letter confirming our separation & to sign it & take it in to the local office. I seriously doubt that this is going to work & I will wait in the queue only to be told that it means nothing. She also said she was re-printing the damn letter.

This has now been going on for a couple of months. I'm not desperate for the payment as I'm working part time, but with interest rates going up I will soon need it.

How on earth do I get some action out of them? Is there a department that deals with unresolved problems? Perhaps I should be having an appointment at my local office. I'm getting really sick of the whole situation. ]]> satya http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116687-parenting-payment-suspended.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116356-ftb.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:44:53 GMT Can anyone answer this question/s I am due in May 2010. How is FTB calculated? I work full time, will get Maternity Leave for 3 months then the remaining 9 months no pay. Am I deemed still employed therefore wont get FTB? Will my income and hubbys income from the 09 tax year be taken into account or just hubbys? this whole financial thing and going down to one income stresses me out!!!!!! Can anyone answer this question/s

I am due in May 2010.

How is FTB calculated?

I work full time, will get Maternity Leave for 3 months then the remaining 9 months no pay.
Am I deemed still employed therefore wont get FTB?

Will my income and hubbys income from the 09 tax year be taken into account or just hubbys?

this whole financial thing and going down to one income stresses me out!!!!!! ]]> Krikkit http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116356-ftb.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116290-carers-allowance.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:19:37 GMT I have no clue about this & was just curious.
DD2 has speech difficulties. She has lots of trouble getting people to understand, & has been seeing a speech therapist for a few months now. I think 4 or 5 months?
Anyway, mum mentioned someone she works with also has 2 children with speech problems, who see a speech therapist & she's entitled to carer's allowance.
Her oldest is now 15 & still recieving therapy, & form the impression I got, she is still on the carer allowance.
As far as I know, mum talked to her quite a bit about it to find out more for me. They have no other disabilities at all. Just the speech issues. I don't know if they are still hard to understand now, though, at 13 & 15 I think.
Do you think this would be worth me looking further into? Or is it not something I would be able to do anyway.
Just thought I would ask in case someone has any idea.
TIA ]]> bjrose http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116290-carers-allowance.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116222-dna-tests.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:41:27 GMT sorry this is prob in the wrong spot but i didnt knwo where to put it so please move it if you haev to mods. my bro has 2 kids but he really doesnt think the youngest is his and neither do alot of other people. is it possible for him to get a DNA test done without the childs mother knowing. they r spilt. sorry this is prob in the wrong spot but i didnt knwo where to put it so please move it if you haev to mods.

my bro has 2 kids but he really doesnt think the youngest is his and neither do alot of other people.

is it possible for him to get a DNA test done without the childs mother knowing. they r spilt. ]]> sassy123 http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116222-dna-tests.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116115-disability-pension.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:22:05 GMT Not asking for myself LOL. My mum is nearly 60 and is about to have major knee surgery in the next couple of weeks. Not that it will impair her work any as she works with her hands from home. But come March she will be having carpal tunnel surgery and something else done on her wrist. She has already been told by the surgeon that will do her wrist that there is a good chance she may never be able to work again. She is a small business owner who works from home, as has done so for the last 24 years. I mentioned that maybe she could look into a disability pension, but all I could find on the centrelink site was a disability support pension and from the sounds of it, it was only temporary and she would have to look for work again. Not really something she wants to do at the age of 60. Her husband (my step-father) works full time, but earns under $50,000 a year. Does anyone know what she could be entitled to if she does end up never being able to work again. She is going to and speak to them herself when it gets closer to the time, but wants to know what she is talking about, as she has never dealt with centrelink. Not asking for myself LOL.

My mum is nearly 60 and is about to have major knee surgery in the next couple of weeks. Not that it will impair her work any as she works with her hands from home.

But come March she will be having carpal tunnel surgery and something else done on her wrist. She has already been told by the surgeon that will do her wrist that there is a good chance she may never be able to work again. She is a small business owner who works from home, as has done so for the last 24 years.

I mentioned that maybe she could look into a disability pension, but all I could find on the centrelink site was a disability support pension and from the sounds of it, it was only temporary and she would have to look for work again. Not really something she wants to do at the age of 60.

Her husband (my step-father) works full time, but earns under $50,000 a year.

Does anyone know what she could be entitled to if she does end up never being able to work again.

She is going to and speak to them herself when it gets closer to the time, but wants to know what she is talking about, as she has never dealt with centrelink. ]]> Astrolady http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116115-disability-pension.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116113-will-i-lose-much-do-you-think.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:47:19 GMT i wasnt sure where to put this ..maby should have put it in the work section:doh: I might be going back to work...(ARGHHH SCARY LOL) Mum says the aged care facility which she co-manages need some help in the kitchen, where ill most likely be working alongside the cook.( that is if i do start working there) The hours would be 7.30am-1.30pm (casual) so they wouldnt be long shifts and i could do 1 shift or 5 shifts a week if i wanted, and id only be working for a few months if that as their having someone take over the kitchen next year. _my questions_ -Would i lose much of my centrelink payments? -is it worth even going back?( i think my main reason for accepting to work isnt just because of the money but i wouldnt want to be losing too much money either IYKWIM) i wasnt sure where to put this ..maby should have put it in the work section:doh:

I might be going back to work...(ARGHHH SCARY LOL)
Mum says the aged care facility which she co-manages need some help in the kitchen, where ill most likely be working alongside the cook.( that is if i do start working there)

The hours would be 7.30am-1.30pm (casual)
so they wouldnt be long shifts and i could do 1 shift or 5 shifts a week if i wanted, and id only be working for a few months if that as their having someone take over the kitchen next year.

my questions
-Would i lose much of my centrelink payments?
-is it worth even going back?( i think my main reason for accepting to work isnt just because of the money but i wouldnt want to be losing too much money either IYKWIM) ]]> Butterfly Child http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/116113-will-i-lose-much-do-you-think.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115814-confused-over-advising-return-work.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:19:20 GMT I tried to advise of my return to work today online, but I have to declare that I've worked an average of 10 hours a week for 4 weeks.
Well, I will have in 4 weeks time but I only went back 2 days ago.

I thought I was supposed to update my details as soon as possible, but this seems like I have to wait a month?? ]]> rayray http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115814-confused-over-advising-return-work.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115211-claim-processing-time-ftb-parenting-payment.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:14:35 GMT Does anyone know the average time for these claims to be processed? I am overseas atm and applied for both about 2 weeks and provided all of the requested documentation. I have got someone checking my mail and haven't received anything yet and nothing is showing up in online services. I have got the international phone number for Centrelink from their website but it's a bit difficult for me to call them atm. Thanks ]]> funkeeefrog http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115211-claim-processing-time-ftb-parenting-payment.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115190-parenting-payment-single-tax.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:06 GMT I've just been told that PPS is taxable - does that mean I was supposed to take tax out on the PPS payments I received last year?

Will I have a debt now? It said I recived about $11k and total tax withheld $0. I know you can earn $6K tax free so does that mean I now have to pay tax on $5K??

Should I be taking a certain % out every fortnight from now on??

Help and TIA!! ]]> CQueen http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115190-parenting-payment-single-tax.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115141-parenting-payment-ftb-questions.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:45:37 GMT When I go to work and Shel is SAHM (and obviously if we are still under the income threshold) is Shel able to claim parenting payment? Qld doesn't yet recognise us both as mums legally, but since we are seen as a couple now I'd assume they'd at least see Shel as a guardian, which would make her eligible to claim parenting payment?

Someone told us we'd have to have her down as a 'carer'???? And not a parent/guardian?

Also, does it matter who claims FTB? If it does matter then would Shel be able to claim that, or does it have to keep coming in my name? ]]> ~Leasha~ http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115141-parenting-payment-ftb-questions.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115030-approved-carer-registered-carer.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:07:23 GMT hello, does anyone know what the difference is between an approved and registered carer and what the financial rebate differences are between the two? hello, does anyone know what the difference is between an approved and registered carer and what the financial rebate differences are between the two? ]]> Ginger http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/115030-approved-carer-registered-carer.html http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/114692-tax-free-income-ccr.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:14:04 GMT ok, so being a tupperware demonstrator means i get tax free money and i dont need to declare this to centrelink as any income made does not affect my benefits. (so i have been told, please correct me if i am wrong) but does it mean that i can get child care rebate quarterly because techincally i AM working? ok, so being a tupperware demonstrator means i get tax free money and i dont need to declare this to centrelink as any income made does not affect my benefits. (so i have been told, please correct me if i am wrong)

but does it mean that i can get child care rebate quarterly because techincally i AM working? ]]> Hollo http://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/centrelink-child-support-questions/114692-tax-free-income-ccr.html