centrelink group cert

[allycat06]

anyone else not got theirs yet?

I need my tax return dammit!

[BlackCat]

I didnt get a paper one but it was all there when i did the auto fill function on the etax, perhaps call them... if you can get through that is?

[miss.cinders]

If you use etax it will auto fill for you, you don't need your paper one.

Surprisingly mine came in the mail heaps earlier this year than any other year!

[allycat06]

thanks ladies...will see if etax works

[allycat06]

gahhh it's not Mac compatible!

*stomps off to dig out old crappy laptop with windows*

[miss.cinders]

Oh bugga
Someone else on another forum was comlaining about that too.
Silly they don't have a Mac one.

[deletedit]

Partner doesn't have his yet but I've got mine. They're quick on the etax this year then, last year at this time it wasn't pre-filled so we haven't bothered looking. Might have to go check that ...

[~clover~]

What payment did you get. If you only got one payment you won't get a group certificate. I think you only get one if you got parenting payment? It could be the other way around though, maybe give them a ring & ask?

ETA - I did my dad's tax for him on etax & it was prefilled about a week ago.

[allycat06]

Duh I'm such an idiot, I only get FTB so don't even need anything from C'link to do my return. Did the pre fill thingo on etax whole thing took all of 15mins.
Thanks everyone

[deletedit]

If you only got one payment you won't get a group certificate. I think you only get one if you got parenting payment?

Partner who doesn't have his yet has 364 days of parenting payment and 1 day of DSP - but a LOT of DSP backpay came through this financial year as he claimed in late April but got approved for it on June 30th.

Way to confuse the centrelink system, eh?

[e_p]

DSP is not taxable income so it shouldn't really matter when it's paid in terms of lodging your income tax return.

[e_p]

If you received an income support payment (e.g. parenting payment, newstart allowance, DSP, carers payment, austudy, youth allowance, age pension) you will receive a group certificate - I'm not 100% sure but if you haven't received yours you may be able to print it or request a duplicate via the C'link online services. You will not receive a group certificate if all you received from C'link was FTB.

[littlelara]

I feel like such an idiot.
I'm exactly like you, I have been waiting for the gs to do our tax, only this year I only got the ftb's.
Derrr. Glad you posted
Not sure how I'm going to live it down when I tell loverboy, though

[deletedit]

You will not receive a group certificate if all you received from C'link was FTB.

Partner got PPP and DSP. The PPP is pre-filled up to May.

I got all my group certificates from everywhere quite snappily. I was impressed. I actually got them several weeks before I got thousands of $ in backpay for a period that crossed financial years to May. Should I be worried?