Baby bonus??

[UsPlus2]

am I reading this right - you can claim the baby bonus before the bubba is actually born??

When can I claim the Baby Bonus?

You can claim the Baby Bonus (and other payments such as Family Tax Benefit and Parental Leave Pay) up to three months before the birth of a child or an adopted child entering your care as part of the adoption process.

Your claim must be lodged no later than 52 weeks from the day after the child's birth or, in the case of adoption, no later than 52 weeks from the day after the adopted child comes into the adopting parent's care. "


has anyone done this? man it would be so much easier to do all the paper work now, rather then after bubba is born.

[melbel]

You can lodge the initial paperwork up to three months ahead...you still have to lodg the proof of birth paperwork with the official stamp etc from the hospital after the birth for obvious reasons...it won't be finalised until the second lot of paperwork is lodged but if you want to start the process early it can't hurt

[UsPlus2]

yeh couldnt see how it would work lodging before hand, hmm let me see deal with them twice .....yeh I'll pass thanks