$600 per child payment

Should I still really be waiting for my supplements after 28 days? I am starting to wonder if something is amis. Should I try and call?

I got mine 1 week 1 day after dh did his tax.. he hasn't even recieved his tax cheque yet..

I just got off the phone with the FAO and they said that they have not received my DP's income amount from the ATO which to the guy said it sounds like his taxes were not filed yet. Sounds like a call to his accountant I think. Nearly 4 weeks is a bit slack IMO....

LMS.........Dhs were done almoast 4 weeks ago aswell. FAO havent received his either I was talking to ATO yesterday and those lodged between the 1st and 16th there is a backlog....I know is frustrating I am waiting impatiently for mine aswell.

Hi
To be entitled to the FTB A and B Suplements you need to have to be entitled to receive part a and/or b through out the year even if it was $1.00 per f/n (weather it was claimed as f/n pyt's or as a lump sum at the end of the f/y ) The part a sup is $667.95 and the B is $325 A is per child and B is per family.
For reconciliation to take place you either need to lodge a tax return or adv centrelink (phone or online) that you are a non lodger. If you are lodging an tax rtn it takes around 28 days for it to be processed but usually they are done quick enough that we send the money to the ATO and they add it in to your tax refund (so around 14 days). Now if you do not lodge until FEB next year you will not get the sup pyts until then.

Alsop if you receive less then the figures above it means that you had earnt more then you had estimated you would earn and have had a debt raised and we have taken the debt from the sup pyt. If you have gpt more then you must have over est your income and get the top up pyt as well as the sup pyt.

ellakayte - hate to have to correct you - but i'm going to seeing all this info has been covered before - you DO NOT HAVE TO RECEIVE FTB during the year to qualify for the supplement. MANY people choose to not have their FTB entitlement paid during the year but are still eligible for their FTB and supplements at the end of the financial year.

Well I got back into the country today and still no NOA for my DP and no supplements for me either. I might chase it up tomorrow. I wonder what could be taking so long?

check with ATO first - if they haven't generated your DP's NOA, there is no way FAO can generated your supplements as they won't have confirmation of his income....

Sorry briggsy's girl - i left a few words out (and what a huge difference it makes)
it was ment to say - entitled to receive a f/n pyt either claimed as a f/n pyt or as a lump sum.

Sorry about that (i dont seem to have as much time to proof read my replies as i used to) But then what do i expect with a 2 year old telling me its her computer and to move!:rolleyes:

Jas and Ella

How long did it take for everyone to get their money? My DH received his tax refund 3 weeks ago and I did my non-lodgement of a tax return on the centrelink website. We still haven't received our $600 per child, should I ring centrelink?

i would ring & check your non lodgement was received.

eta - Just remember your not going to get the full $600 odd for jack as he only came in the last 2 months of the financial year

Thanks FionaJill, I rang and they hadn't received my lodgement so I did it over the phone, they said I should hear something in about a week.

One last question, and I promise i'll leave you alone BG!!!! And thank you again so much, you've saved a lot of us tying up centrelink phone lines!!:lol:

I received my $324.74, but with the $660 per child, I received about $200 less. I know I didn't have Kane for the full year, but he was born on the 18th July, and I didn't think that would mean a drop of $200. If there is an easy explanation, it'll save me having to call!! ;)

ETA...It's also not due to overpayment for the year. They gave me $56 for being underpaid.

Thanks AGAIN honey!!:hug:

that one is a difficult one off the top of my head PM - you probably will need to talk to someone on the phones. you shouldn't be $200 short on your supplements at all, unless you've been on a higher income.

the only thing i can think of (and this is off the top of my head) is, if you both had incomes during the year, you might have overestimated the lower income (so for part B) and gotten a top up there - but underestimated your combined estimate (for part A) - an underestimate of $1000 on your combined income would reduce your top up by about $200 to compensate for any overpayment.

withouth knowing what your estimates were all year, and what your actual incomes were, i can't say for sure - it's defintely one that you should "tie up the phone lines" for - they can check what your income estimate was at every part of the year, work out why your supplements were reduced etc


there are other circs where supps get reduce - family income over a certain limit will start to reduce the supplements down etc. but from what i've read of you in the past, i believe that wouldn't be the case here.

sorry hun, you're gonna have to get on the phone - make sure to make a picnic lunch and a thermos full of drinks cos it might take a while!!! (hehehe - nah, it's not so bad now - the bulk reco has been processed, so it's not quite so bad - but be prepared there might still be a bit of a wait)

I ended up calling centrelink yesterday and they hadn't got my notice of no tax return that I did online, she did it over the phone and I checked my online centrelink today and the money is going in tomorrow, woohooo. I am giving it to my FIL to look after so we have money for xmas, otherwise we will just spend it, neither of us have any will power LOL.

I actually rang centrelink twice yesterday, as I had to speak to 2 different departments and there was no wait on either call, and the staff were absolutely lovely and very helpful.

This is an ace thread! How interesting!

So. If I'm not lodging a claim (ie, haven't worked this past financial year), I need to tell Centrelink, lodge dh's claim, and I should get a payment?

Or have I got it completely wrong and I should just go back to bed? :P

Thanks BG!!! I estimated DH to the cent, and I had no income, just the FTB's. So I guess I'll call!! Combined we were just under $45,000...

I too rang last week to do a "no tax lodge" notice, had no wait and they were more helpful than at any other time!! Go Centrelink!!:clap:

And get I get a WHOOP WHOOP for BG, girls?? Great job on helping all of us hon!!:dance::dance:

nelle, notify ATO and FAO that you won't be lodging a tax return

lodge DH's tax return

once all that's done - FAO will process your FTB end of year details! easy peasy

You're a freaking legend BG. Thanks for clarifying. :D

anytime hun!

anything to stop the dis-information highway... :lol:

Do we have to notify the ATO aswell?

Why don't they tell us this? This is my first time.. so it;s all new to me and so very confusing.

you should always notify ato if you arent lodging a tax return

hi,

great thread,

BG can I ask a question please :)

DH had not lodged a tax return for 4 years ( long story, but he had his reasons ) , and becuase of that we missed out on the $600 per child for those 4 years, do I get back paid for those years or is it a case of to bad and we just wont receive that money????

also I was entitled to the $500 baby bonus for 1 child for 5 years from the ATO ( not sure if you will be able to help me ) I lodge for that each year ( this year being my last to claim ) at tax time, and with in that lodgement I have to declare that I am a non lodger so can I assume that will be enough to inform the ATO that I do not have to lodge a tax return??? or do I have to contact them seperately to this???

thank you so much if you are able to help hun

with the ATO stuff, you should be fine with lodging BB claim as they will see you're not lodging on that. for FAO purposes though, you'll need to let them know - simple phone call will do it

for the years that your partner didn't lodge, you'll miss out on the supplement payments for all but the last two years - so you'll still be eligible for 06/07 and 07/08. if you had overestimated your income in any year prior to 06/07, you'll only get what you were paid as no top ups are paid beyond the extended lodgement year (jun 30 of 2008 for 05/06 financial year) - if you underestimated though, and owe the commonwealth, they will recover it

you'll need to provide your partners notice of assessment to local Centrelink office for previous years as the link to ATO is severed after, i believe, three years (might be less) so the earlier years won't be recorded on the system


Just for everyone's reference seeing we're discussing non-lodgement of tax returns - previously, if you didn't lodge, you would have a debt of that whole years payments raised and you'd start paying it, but would be able to pay it from your current payments - from this year, any non lodger debt that is raised will also suspend your eligibility for current payments until such time as the old tax return is provided....

Thanks heaps for that BG, I have already received some money owed from underpayment as I had over estimated, I think what I will do is ring centrelink on tuesday and go through it with them,
thanks again, you have helped me out alot

does this $600 just automatically show up in our bank accounts?

if you're ftb current and both have done your taxes, and you overestimated, then yes, it will be paid either with your tax return, or into the bank account that your FTB payments go into

if you have a tax liability, it will be garnished to pay that

Once you have lodged your tax return it will come in with your return. Its usually not two separate payments. So on your bank statement it wont be $xxx Tax return PLUS $600, It will be one lump sum.
If you don't need to lodge a tax return you need to inform the family assistance office.

Also, it wont happen till both you & your partner have lodged your returns (or notified them on a non lodgement)

ok, so, i got a cheque for the tax depart yesterday. that would of included the $600? i thought maybe it would be listed as a seperate item.

If it came with your tax return it would be itemised on your Notice of Assesment. If it came seperately it would be in your account and you would receive a letter from FAO

if it came with your tax return, and your tax return is more than you expected, look it over - it will say on there something about FAO supplement payment or similar. if it's what you were expecting for tax return, it's possible more will come. if you have online access to your FAO account, have a look - it will show on there when it is due to be paid if all info is received.

thanks. it says "FTB reconciliation credit amount". so maybe i will get some more. I will have a look online, i need to edit some info anyway.

nope ftb reco credit is the finalisation of your ftb dealings for the year - couldnt' remember the exact way it was worded on notice of assessment!

thanks all. esp BG, your help and advise is appreciated. I am so new to all this, sorry for all the questions.

don't stress - if i can help, i will!

just want to bump this as there are q's relating to it now that we're nearing tax time

fwiw - i had to call fao today - none of these payments will issue until july 16. for single parents on pps or other income support for at least 300 days it will be paid automatically between july 16 and mid august. for everyone else it will wait until your actual income is received from ATO or you notify FAO you have no need to lodge a tax return. information from both partners is required...

I rang centrelink the other week (unreplated question) and I asked about this as well. Now just to make sure I have my info right..

I have to ring tomorrow and say no I don't lodge a tax return. Dh did his Tax yesterday (we are going away so did it early) So I should recieve my payment sometime this month

Is there anything else I need to do. oh and I think they saud I could do it online but im not sure how to

do it online if you're registered nic! all you have to do is find the bit that allows you to notify that you're not lodging a tax return - it should all update tomorrow. the phones will be ridiculously busy (even worse than normal) for at least the next month with those calls and people asking "when do i get my six hundred dollars"

the system will then wait until your DH's income tax info comes through - unfortunately, the ATO don't feed the info through in order received - i found last year some of the earliest lodgers were the people that had to wait longer for info to come through. if it comes through before July 16, it will process on that date and be in your bank two working days later - otherwise it will be two working days after the information is received from ATO

you can put in your non-lodger details anytime between now and july 16 and you'll get the same result time wise

Ah ok.. I didn't want to ring tomorrow as I knew it would be busy so hopefully I find it no worries.

Thanks for the info :)

This has probably been asked, but anyhoo...

Is this $600 per child? or per family?

I remember getting $900 last year (not part of my top-up), the $600 bonus and a $300 bonus... should find my paperwork to see what that was LOL