Claiming for parental leave, FTB etc

[FabFiona]

BG - What if you are not eligible based on 10/11 estimated income, but for the purposes of the baby bonus you will be eligible for projected 6 month income being under $75K?

[Teeki]

Thanks heaps BG I've kept a record of everything I put in the claim form, cos I knew I'd forget it in 10 seconds after hitting submit lol. The other thing I was wondering is about when the payments start. I'll be taking 24 weeks of leave from work at half pay, and then doing the parental leave 18 weeks after that. But will the parental leave pay start straight away, or can I ask for it to start after my work leave?

[briggsy's girl]

Thanks heaps BG I've kept a record of everything I put in the claim form, cos I knew I'd forget it in 10 seconds after hitting submit lol. The other thing I was wondering is about when the payments start. I'll be taking 24 weeks of leave from work at half pay, and then doing the parental leave 18 weeks after that. But will the parental leave pay start straight away, or can I ask for it to start after my work leave?

it will ask you what date you wish to start it from

[Teeki]

Thanks again BG. The online claim I did didn't ask for a start date, I'm guessing though that's because I haven't actually had my baby yet though?

[starangelk]

This happened to us too, DD was born in June We ended up getting letters from Centrelink telling us we weren't elligible for anything in the 2009/10 year and we were like "yes we know, she was only born in the final month" but they kept sending them anyway. I guess it's just their process.

[briggsy's girl]

BG - What if you are not eligible based on 10/11 estimated income, but for the purposes of the baby bonus you will be eligible for projected 6 month income being under $75K?

you still claim ftb for this year - it will ask if you've had a new baby or will have one come into your care within 3 months - you say yes, and it will take you through the claim for baby bonus or parental leave