Paid mat leave from Government while getting paid mat leave from work?

[Amaunet]

You can take it at the same time and as its paid via the DET payroll/employee services they should work out the tax based on the total amount. I took mine separately. I set my PPL to start once my DET pay finished, it gave me a great length of time off

[briggsy's girl]

from the human services website here

If your employer is providing your Parental Leave Pay:

• they need to withhold PAYG (Pay As You Go tax withholdings) at the usual rate
• they can deduct Child Support from your Parental Leave Pay if required to do so
• they are not required to make superannuation contributions in respect of your Parental Leave Pay, but may do so if they wish to
• you will be able to access other paid leave such as maternity leave at the same time as Parental Leave Pay, but you may be taxed at a higher rate
• you may arrange for other deductions to be made from your Parental Leave Pay, and
• you may salary-sacrifice some or all of your Parental Leave Pay, through voluntary contributions to superannuation.

[AliBaby]

Thanks girls. You have been a real help. I have already put my mat leave request in with work already do I guess I just need to do the one online for family assistance/centrelink.

I am worried the whole thing is going to blow my income estimates out with FTB so is it a possibility to ask family assistance to stop all my other payments and just reconcile at tax time? Can they do that and can i do that online? I have accesss to online services.

[briggsy's girl]

You can stop payments of FTB til tax time but can't do it online yet. You need to call up

[RhiChiChi]

You can take it at the same time and as its paid via the DET payroll/employee services they should work out the tax based on the total amount. I took mine separately. I set my PPL to start once my DET pay finished, it gave me a great length of time off

This is what I have done. Sees me through until June