overestimating and school kids bonus??

[Doing my best]

It is higher for CCB than FT.. But I honestly don't remember the amounts, sorry. But in our situation, DH went through the levels at work quicker than we (he/they) all thought and put us in a much higher bracket than we were expecting last financial year. It was more realistic for us to have expected it this financial year. We upped his income to what we thought realistic, but unfortunately it wasn't enough. When we realised he was going well over, we stopped all FT payments, but I had already been paid a few months of FT, and on our new estimated figure was still entitled to a little CCB.. I kept an eye on my earnings making sure I wasn't earning too much for certain cut offs.. I knocked back extra days etc, and would have been $300 below, but work gave me a $1K in the last pay of the year, that tipped me over! And we also then weren't entitled to any of the CCB either, so the minimal amounts all add up and had to be paid back..

But there was nothing we could do.. We made the estimates with what we were faced and believed at beginning of financial year.. And with the bracket we started on, we needed the FT and CCB, but things change.. If you suspect at any time you are going to go over what you estimated, adjust your figures early, as a small amount could end up costing a lot!