Some hints for July 2013

[Miss.September]

BG, if you were sitting in front of me, I'd kiss you!

[briggsy's girl]

this is why i hide behind a computer screen! lol

[Miss.September]

For anyone still having trouble with getting onto Centrelink, I was able to last night without any problems at dinnertime (so around 6pm Melb time). I figured that most people are updating or claiming FTB so that would mean dinnertime would generally be quiet online!

[~TT40~]

I know if you don't need to lodge a tax return you need to tell cl etc..
but what if you do need to lodge? does my income automatically get told to cl so they can pay my ftb difference? or do I still need to tell them our income? I over estimated on purpose so keen for some money. tia!

[Doing my best]

I know if you don't need to lodge a tax return you need to tell cl etc..
but what if you do need to lodge? does my income automatically get told to cl so they can pay my ftb difference? or do I still need to tell them our income? I over estimated on purpose so keen for some money. tia!

Once you lodge your tax return, the details are electronically sent to centrelink for them to do their reconciliation.

[Calluna]

I recieve ppp, fta-a &b and df works ft. I havent recieved a group cert from c'link so Im assuming I dont need to lodge a tax return. Is that right?

I am also a partner in a small business but as yet we have not sold anything despite having an abn for quite a few months and I have not contributed financially to it at all. Will this affect it?

I know I should just ring them but Ive heard the wait times are horrendous atm.

[Starfish]

I recieve ppp, fta-a &b and df works ft. I havent recieved a group cert from c'link so Im assuming I dont need to lodge a tax return. Is that right?

I am also a partner in a small business but as yet we have not sold anything despite having an abn for quite a few months and I have not contributed financially to it at all. Will this affect it?

I know I should just ring them but Ive heard the wait times are horrendous atm.

If you earned under $18,000 then you don't need to lodge. From memory ppp falls below that threshold. FTA and FTB don't count as taxable income. I am not sure about the business side of things, but I think that if you make less than $18,000 you don't need to pay tax for that year. However, if you are a non-lodger, you do need to notify Centrelink as they will expect to receive info from the ATO and will hold on to any money that they may owe you until they hear one way or the other (either from ATO or from you saying that you're not lodging a tax return so there will be no info coming from the ATO).

You are allowed to lodge a tax return even if you don't technically need to. Maybe ring the ATO rather than Centrelink and go from there.

[Dot Face]

Says on centrelink wesbite they're not sending out payment summaries anymore, you can access them online or if you're using eTax the data will all be pre loaded.

[Calluna]

Thanks ladies!

[Miss.September]

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Living. You can lodge the lump sum claim any time now. As long as it is lodged by June 30 next year. You don't have to have done your taxes first. However you do need to lodge your taxes by June 30 or you won't get the payment s (you used to have two years to do it all, you now only have one!)

It got rejected. Letter said that until they can confirm mine or DH's income details then they can't complete the assessment (I have my notice of assessment, waiting on DH's).

[briggsy's girl]

You'll probably find the rejection is a system letter. As soon as yours and hubby's income hits the record it will process the payment. You won't have to claim again

[Doing my best]

Does anyone know where I can check last financial years cut off for FTB B? We don't claim anything through the year (except the non means tested CCR) as DH's income changes so much. When we lodged our tax returns, I was suprised to receive some CCB, so I did an online calculation using the figures lodged for our tax return, and we are entitled to some FTB B.. However that is for this financial year..

I wanted to check the limits for last financial year to see if I am going to receive some for that period, and possibly there is just a wait for that payment. Or maybe the figures were different last financial year and we weren't eligible. I was hoping to be able to find the answer online, rather than wait on the phone and take that call from someone else.

[briggsy's girl]

There isn't a lot of difference from last year to this. If online services this year says you'd get a payment you would have last year (thresholds are slightly up - by maybe a couple of hundred dollars the year)