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

[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!