Some hints for July 2013

tomorrow is the start of new financial year and prime time for changes - there's gonna be a whole lot of "stuff" going on with FAO - school kids bonus, bulk reco etc, additional payments for carers etc - so call demand is going to be HIGH, consultants will be under the pump, so i thought i'd just give a couple of bits of info to help people

firstly, carer supplements - will be paid with your first carer allowance/payment installment after 3rd July

secondly, school kids bonus - if you are entitled to ftba AND receiving your ftb in fortnightly installments, AND your child is at the correct age for school kids bonus (as of TODAY, June 30, 2013), your payment will be processed with your ftb payment after 3rd July

Bulk reco - if you are single, and have been on income support for the whole financial year, you will go through bulk reco process - generally this will occur with your second payment in July (i dont know the exact timing at this point - but from previous years, it would be any time from the 17th of july through to the end of the month - ISH!)

Non-lodger updates
- if you are not required to lodge a tax return, you can notify this online. if you are SINGLE and been on income support all year, you DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING!
- if you lodge online, be aware that many of these updates do not go through automatically - if the update will trigger reconcilliation, it will halt for a consultant to check it. if you have estimated an amount and your actual income was significantly less, it will halt for someone to check it.

the thread below has some more info about the reco process. i have simply put it here to mostly let people know that all of c'link is very busy all the time, but the next month is going to be insane. check your online services to see if you've been paid. remember if it's going in with your payment it won't show up until TWO DAYS before your payment will be hitting your account. checking and calling up several days early won't help!

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...s-reco-189918/

oh, and there will be no payment summaries automatically issued this year for income support customers!
your payment details will automatically prefill to the ato. if you want a paper copy, you can request it using online services.

If you don't receive FTP fortnightly, but instead in a lump sum at the end are you still entitled to the school bonus (if you qualify obviously)

Hey bg - I've been on ppp all year and dh has been on austudy - I know you said single people don't have to do anything but do we still have to notify them that we don't have any tax return to lodge?

yes, if you get ftba, you get school kids bonus, but it will be paid at tax time if your ftb is paid at tax time

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Hey bg - I've been on ppp all year and dh has been on austudy - I know you said single people don't have to do anything but do we still have to notify them that we don't have any tax return to lodge?

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yup - you'll need to notify that you're not required to lodge. you can do it online. not sure if it will show on online services how much ppp and austudy you received or whether you'll need to request a payment summary to print at home (which you won't have to print, but you'll be able to see the dollar amounts)

Cool thanks love!

Does that mean I won't get a notice for my ppl which was paid by centre link?

If applying for partner / dad pay during July will that process still go through quickly ? How long does it normally take to receive the money once the form has been lodged ?

Processing times shouldn't get any longer but they definitely won't be reducing at this time of year.

If ppl was paid by fao directly you'll need to go online to print your payment summary. No payment summaries are being issued at all unless requested due to the auto fill system

Thanks BG :)

Once again BG you rock!!! Thanks for the info!!

Just to refresh my memory: if you claim everything at the EOFY you wait until you get your notice of assessment from the ATO then lodge the lump sum claim form online. Is that right?

Thanks BG

now just need the centrelink site to be working so I can do my non lodgement...

The centrelink site doesn't seem to be working still :/ I can't log in

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The centrelink site doesn't seem to be working still :/ I can't log in

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I can't either so there must be so many people trying. I have tried on and off today, and managed to actually get on and view a online letter, but as for advising of non-lodgement, it just says it is currently unavailable.

At the moment the volume of people logging on to notify they don't need to do a tax return is huuuuuuge! By 9am on Monday there were already several thousand people who had updated online. And it just keeps getting more. If you have business to do like estimate, check payment etc, the app is handling the traffic very well but you can't do the non lodgement advice on the app

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!)

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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!)

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Is this a new thing? I tried to claim the lump sum and got knocked back on the basis our tax return hadn't been finalised.

Does that mean that I can now claim our FTB lump sum for 2012/13 FYI even though our tax is with the accountant?

Yeah you can.

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

this is why i hide behind a computer screen! lol

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!

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!

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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!

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Thanks ladies!

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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!)

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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).

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

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.

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)