So confused. DF and I are changing roles & apparently payments

[e_p]

what BG said - and yes, unfortunately you DO need to fill in the Parenting Payment Partnered Partner Details form...should be purple with a yellow banner.

[AliBaby]

Thanks so much for your responses.

I have only just seen them.

BG- You are so wonderful how you explain everything. I think maybe the best thing for us to do is make an appointment to go into the CL office together as DF is not great at passing info on to me. I am glad to know I will stillget FTB and CCB and CCR to me.

So if I am going to earn over $1500 a f/n then he wont get any payment?

first 780ish YOU earn doesn't impact HIS ppp, then the more you earn the less he gets, to about 1500 per fn before tax

Also do they look at my salary over the entire financial year or just from when we apply?

Looking at this we should have applied months ago for Parenting payment as I have been earning under $1500 a f/n for the last year with DF not working or earning very little.

EP- Better get all my info out to fill in the forms! I hate forms but at least next week I am on holidays.

[e_p]

income for Parenting Payment is assessed fortnightly - what you've earned already in the financial year will not affect your entitlement. Your DP will need to attend an appointment at an office to have the claim assessed - if you've signed all of the paperwork, you don't need to attend but it's helpful if you do. You'll need to take 100 points of id for both of you, bank statements for all accounts, payslips for both of you, and that partner details form. If you're renting take your lease and if you have shares/properties/investments etc you will need to provide documents for those. Good luck!!!!

[Pretty Butterfly]

Just ignore me.. baby brain!!! lol

[Indadhanu]

Yep thats what happened to us beginning of this year, changed roles and I think a section of the amazon was deforested to deal with all of the paperwork we had to fill out!!!! As BG said, don't change the FTB or anything like that, because it's applied to the family so it doesn't matter about whose name it is in.

Then way it works out, any income you earn over $800 a FORTNIGHT reduces the parenting payment by $0.60 for each dollar your income is over $800. Up until about $1500 and then you aren't eligible for PPP. But you can still remain eligible for other payments because they all have different criteria. And he has to report each fortnight, rather than giving an estimate for the whole year.

Not sure what you mean Jodie, only one person in a couple can get Parenting Payment for a child. But if you or your partner are on another payment (and obviously eligible for a payment) and not earning, then your partner would get full PPP I think.


Good luck

[Pretty Butterfly]

Partner does not get a pension

For maximum payment, your income must be no more than $62 per fortnight, and your partner's income no more than $800 per fortnight.
Your income reduces your payment by 50 cents for each dollar between $62 and $250, and by 60 cents for each dollar above $250 per fortnight.
Your partner's income up to $800 per fortnight has no effect. Income over this limit reduces your payment by 60 cents for each extra dollar.
A part payment* may be payable if you meet all the following conditions:
your income is less than $800 per fortnight, and
your partner's income is less than $1,506.67 per fortnight, and
your combined income is less than $1,600.00 per fortnight.
* These figures may be higher if you are eligible for Pharmaceutical Allowance or Rent Assistance


Makes sense to me now too....

Just wondering BG, if you dont change the other payments to your partners name, like FTB etc, how do you say that hubby is primary carer and can get this payment?
Is it as simple as saying "He is the primary carer now" to C/L?? I couldnt find anything on it....

[AliBaby]

Thanks girls I cant believe we have been missing out on about $400 a fortnight for a good 6 months! Should have got our acts together sooner. Next year I am certain I am going to be earning too much a fortnight as I will be working full time. We will still go in next week and see if they can go through everything and see what we are eligible for.

Again, thank you so much for your help

Leash- agree about a small forest disappearing. Its sitting on our dining room table now!!!