income

[briggsy's girl]

ok, in that case, what's happened is that you have estimated x amount for you, y amount for your other half - your combined income is above last year, but one of you is under and the system is suggesting increasing one of those estimates


as an example (using very rounded numbers!)


estimated 10k for you, 60k for partner - 70k in total
actual last year was 30k for you 40k for partner - 70k in total
BUT, the estimate for you is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay under the actual
SO
system sends out letter saying it needs to be fixed, you've underestimated
suggests 32k for you (to allow for inflation), no change for partner (as his 60k is well above the 40k he earned last year)
gives you an estimate of 32k for you, 60k for him, total 92k

you need to make sure the estimates are ok for both of you individually, not just your total together kwim?

[sassy123]

thanks so much bg that makes heaps of sense when u put it that way. mine was heaps under this year and i am dh's was over by like 1k i think
you are such a life saver i am about to have a mental break down if i had to put the income up to what they said my % would of dropped so much and daycare would of cost wayyyyyyyy too much

[briggsy's girl]

yeah it's hard to make sense of it all sometimes unless you take it back to really simple stuff

just juggle your numbers a bit - bump dh's up a bit, and if you heaps over estimated yours, drop it down. you can still have your 71 total if you think that's right, just make sure the income is put to the right person

[sassy123]

if cl have said ato have given them our income for last financial yr how long does it normally take to get the top up payment?

[briggsy's girl]

Theyay only one of your incomes, not both. If they have both bit you haven't received all of June's payment (some people due to be paid in the next few days haven't been paid all of June's payments, italy be delayed until later in July. The result may have also been sent to ato to see if you owe anything. If that's the case there can be a delay of up to four weeks.

Unfortunate there are lot of variables so I can't say with any certainty. There is a thread about reco/supplements that has been recently bumped. Have a read - it might answer your questions

[sassy123]

So after them sending me a letter saying that they have both our incomes from ato, and I have got my tax return back last week it is still coming up on cl online that they only have dh's actual income for last financial year and that mine isn't available.
Should I ring them or do I just wait for it.

[briggsy's girl]

It can take up to a month to get info. Up to you if you want to call up. There are significant wait times at the moment