Child Care Rebate - and satisfying the work, training, study test?
This question may be academic for me as maybe I needed to have done something different earlier but would like to try to understand it.
I am not working at the moment, I finished my last job as a contractor to have my DS and intend to return to paid employment in October. I have been thinking about this because have realized that I am now paying more for childcare for DD two days a week than I was when I was working as I don't get the rebate just the Child Care Benefit (When working I got a very small CCB and the CCR). I dropped from three days to two days when I finished work to have DS, but I didn't take her out completely because if I did would find it difficult to get her back in, thought was unfair to remove her to then start her back again (has always been known I will have to return to work) and I wanted some time on my own with DS (no family here to give me a break).
On the website it says:
Can I satisfy the work, training, study test in any other way?
You will satisfy the work, training, study test if you are:
on annual leave and long service leave
on sick or other paid leave
on paid or unpaid parental leave up to a maximum of 12 months
on self employment leave
on self employment sick leave
receiving Carer Payment
receiving Carer Allowance
caring for a disabled person
on carer leave and carer sick leave
So if I had set up being a contractor differently e.g. set up as a business and contracted as that business, therefore being self employed, instead of just contracting via a contract house - could I then have satisfied the work,training,study requirement by being on self employment leave? and therefore received the CCR?
In a few months I will be looking for work, so will be ok, so is probably academic for me, but will be useful to know for when speaking with other people etc.
If you have ceased work to have a kidlet and you intend to return, you are deemed to be meeting the criteria for 12 months from the date you ceased work. If I read that right, you are still meeting it cis you intend to work again. Thus would be replaced by looking for work qualification if you are still looking when you hit the 12 month mark
ETA. Self employment leave us for short periods of time. Like rec leave from employment
Cheers BG - so presumably I should get on the phone or something to work out why I am not getting it (as I was getting before and chose to have it paid to me every fortnight - was that one of the choices?) - I am assuming I have ticked something I shouldn't have.
Hey sorry to Hijack the thread!
I was just wondering if anyone can help me.
I am eligible for CCR but i havent said how i would like it paid. Does anyone know what the default payment is?
Child Care Rebate - and satisfying the work, training, study test?
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