As DH is a High income earner we can afford to wait till the end of financial year to claim our FTB. We once upon a time were middle income earners and with the system being how it WAS we ended up with a nasty bill twice from them.
Last year they sent me a letter telling me that they had paid me a bit over $5500 FTB Part A (through the skin of our teeth) and therefore Part A supplement ($600/child - $2400) and Part B And B supplement. Over the moon it was great. A week later, I got a Bill from them!!! I opened it and started reading and was like WTF :eek: (:mad: This is why we wait till the end of the financial year and let them tell us how much we get) Yes! Apparently we had been overpaid. I panicked. We had of course already spent the money. I kept reading and held my breath and it stated that we had in fact been overpaid by $16, LOL . And they were waivering this outstanding sum. Phew, So we infact owed nothing. lol.Thank Goodness.

I think the Govt. tries to encourage mothers to stay home. It's not a fortune but every bit helps.