Can you get CCR paid to centre and then get CCB paid to self in lump sum?

[briggsy's girl]

ccr is half of your out of pocket expenses

if you get no child care benefit, you get half of your total bill paid
so if your bill is $20, you get $10 paid

tax time comes around, you get your ccb. the calculation says you should have received $2 per day
so your bill should have been $18, your CCR only $9

so you get your CCB of $2 for the day, but you should have received $1 less CCR, so all you'll get in the bank is the extra $1

[briggsy's girl]

hope that makes sense - tried to use really simple numbers - it's far more complex, but essentially ANY CCB top up you're entitled to at tax time will be cut in half as you get 50c in the dollar CCR - so if you get $100 extra CCB at tax time, you will have been over paid CCR $50, and would get the difference ($50) paid to you
it's done this way rather than paying you the full CCB top up then raising a debt for CCR for half the amount.

[Razzberry]

Thanks heaps - you make it all sound so easy!! Wish the peeps I have spoken to in the past at centrelink made it sound so simple!!

[briggsy's girl]

Its not really complex of you look at it with simple numbers like I did. When you're looking at complex numbers it's not so fun!

[BrightSparkles]

ccr is half of your out of pocket expenses

if you get no child care benefit, you get half of your total bill paid
so if your bill is $20, you get $10 paid

tax time comes around, you get your ccb. the calculation says you should have received $2 per day
so your bill should have been $18, your CCR only $9

so you get your CCB of $2 for the day, but you should have received $1 less CCR, so all you'll get in the bank is the extra $1

SOrry to Hijack but this is like the question I have.

If i'm not getting any FTB anymore it would be more than likely that my CCB is zero but I should still be eligible for CCR as we satisfy requirements.
If this is the case I can opt to have the CCR paid to the centre. So if my bill is $80 per day and CCR is paid to the centre, I would only be paying $40 per day?? Is this right or have i misinterpreted things the wrong way??? Does this work for FDC too???

If this is the case, then I might look at a centre for the girls rather than my current arrangements.