Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Nov 21st 2010, 5:39 am
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Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
I’m on 176 PR Visa, landed here last July with my wife. After sometime wife went back untilI get settled & also she was pregnant.
By the end of September I found a job & it’s going well.
Wife is expecting delivery end of March 2011.She will be back in Oz next January.
I heard news on paid parental leave scheme effective from Jan 2011 & I'm not eligible since I ve not being 10 months in my current employment.
So my query is.
1. Do I qualify for baby bonus when baby is born?
2. If I qualify will I qualify for family tax benefit part A & B, subject to income tests?
3. Further I understand that 104 weeks of waiting period for new migrants for centrelink payments. But centrelink website gives some vague details saying that if new residents have a baby they can claim rent assistance
So do I qualify for rent assistance after baby is born?
By the end of September I found a job & it’s going well.
Wife is expecting delivery end of March 2011.She will be back in Oz next January.
I heard news on paid parental leave scheme effective from Jan 2011 & I'm not eligible since I ve not being 10 months in my current employment.
So my query is.
1. Do I qualify for baby bonus when baby is born?
2. If I qualify will I qualify for family tax benefit part A & B, subject to income tests?
3. Further I understand that 104 weeks of waiting period for new migrants for centrelink payments. But centrelink website gives some vague details saying that if new residents have a baby they can claim rent assistance
So do I qualify for rent assistance after baby is born?
Last edited by charw; Nov 21st 2010 at 5:41 am.
Nov 21st 2010, 6:38 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
I’m on 176 PR Visa, landed here last July with my wife. After sometime wife went back untilI get settled & also she was pregnant.
By the end of September I found a job & it’s going well.
Wife is expecting delivery end of March 2011.She will be back in Oz next January.
I heard news on paid parental leave scheme effective from Jan 2011 & I'm not eligible since I ve not being 10 months in my current employment.
So my query is.
1. Do I qualify for baby bonus when baby is born?
2. If I qualify will I qualify for family tax benefit part A & B, subject to income tests?
3. Further I understand that 104 weeks of waiting period for new migrants for centrelink payments. But centrelink website gives some vague details saying that if new residents have a baby they can claim rent assistance
So do I qualify for rent assistance after baby is born?
By the end of September I found a job & it’s going well.
Wife is expecting delivery end of March 2011.She will be back in Oz next January.
I heard news on paid parental leave scheme effective from Jan 2011 & I'm not eligible since I ve not being 10 months in my current employment.
So my query is.
1. Do I qualify for baby bonus when baby is born?
2. If I qualify will I qualify for family tax benefit part A & B, subject to income tests?
3. Further I understand that 104 weeks of waiting period for new migrants for centrelink payments. But centrelink website gives some vague details saying that if new residents have a baby they can claim rent assistance
So do I qualify for rent assistance after baby is born?
I am here on a 309 PR visa and my Aussie Mrs has just had our baby.
I cannot be sure on the facts but I can offer at least some knowledge.
Centrelink asked for my tax file number which of course I did not have at the time so as they couldnt be arsed with the problems that this presented, they put her down as a single mum, until I get my tax file number ( which i now have ) But as I am unemployed they still persist that she should remain on the system as a single mum. So if wifey is Aussie citizen then she is entitled to baby bonus, and rental assistance, you just have to be a bit clever about it. I am not suggesting you cheat the system but merely lean on the circumstances. We were honest about our situation and it swung in our favour, but the fact that you have a job may come into play. You may still get rental assistance but not as much, but as for baby bonus, you, or her are more than entitled.
Is your wife Australian citizen?
Nov 21st 2010, 7:02 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Hello
I am here on a 309 PR visa and my Aussie Mrs has just had our baby.
I cannot be sure on the facts but I can offer at least some knowledge.
Centrelink asked for my tax file number which of course I did not have at the time so as they couldnt be arsed with the problems that this presented, they put her down as a single mum, until I get my tax file number ( which i now have ) But as I am unemployed they still persist that she should remain on the system as a single mum. So if wifey is Aussie citizen then she is entitled to baby bonus, and rental assistance, you just have to be a bit clever about it. I am not suggesting you cheat the system but merely lean on the circumstances. We were honest about our situation and it swung in our favour, but the fact that you have a job may come into play. You may still get rental assistance but not as much, but as for baby bonus, you, or her are more than entitled.
Is your wife Australian citizen?
I am here on a 309 PR visa and my Aussie Mrs has just had our baby.
I cannot be sure on the facts but I can offer at least some knowledge.
Centrelink asked for my tax file number which of course I did not have at the time so as they couldnt be arsed with the problems that this presented, they put her down as a single mum, until I get my tax file number ( which i now have ) But as I am unemployed they still persist that she should remain on the system as a single mum. So if wifey is Aussie citizen then she is entitled to baby bonus, and rental assistance, you just have to be a bit clever about it. I am not suggesting you cheat the system but merely lean on the circumstances. We were honest about our situation and it swung in our favour, but the fact that you have a job may come into play. You may still get rental assistance but not as much, but as for baby bonus, you, or her are more than entitled.
Is your wife Australian citizen?
Nov 21st 2010, 7:04 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
I’m on 176 PR Visa, landed here last July with my wife. After sometime wife went back untilI get settled & also she was pregnant.
By the end of September I found a job & it’s going well.
Wife is expecting delivery end of March 2011.She will be back in Oz next January.
I heard news on paid parental leave scheme effective from Jan 2011 & I'm not eligible since I ve not being 10 months in my current employment.
So my query is.
1. Do I qualify for baby bonus when baby is born?
2. If I qualify will I qualify for family tax benefit part A & B, subject to income tests?
3. Further I understand that 104 weeks of waiting period for new migrants for centrelink payments. But centrelink website gives some vague details saying that if new residents have a baby they can claim rent assistance
So do I qualify for rent assistance after baby is born?
By the end of September I found a job & it’s going well.
Wife is expecting delivery end of March 2011.She will be back in Oz next January.
I heard news on paid parental leave scheme effective from Jan 2011 & I'm not eligible since I ve not being 10 months in my current employment.
So my query is.
1. Do I qualify for baby bonus when baby is born?
2. If I qualify will I qualify for family tax benefit part A & B, subject to income tests?
3. Further I understand that 104 weeks of waiting period for new migrants for centrelink payments. But centrelink website gives some vague details saying that if new residents have a baby they can claim rent assistance
So do I qualify for rent assistance after baby is born?
2 - Yes
3 - The waiting period applies to unemployment benefits and not family tax benefits or rental assistance payments
So in short, when your wife has her baby then she can claim the baby bonus and will be entitled to FTB and rental assistance - subject to income testing. How long you have lived here is irrelevant so long as you are PR
Nov 21st 2010, 7:13 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
1 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - The waiting period applies to unemployment benefits and not family tax benefits or rental assistance payments
So in short, when your wife has her baby then she can claim the baby bonus and will be entitled to FTB and rental assistance - subject to income testing. How long you have lived here is irrelevant so long as you are PR
2 - Yes
3 - The waiting period applies to unemployment benefits and not family tax benefits or rental assistance payments
So in short, when your wife has her baby then she can claim the baby bonus and will be entitled to FTB and rental assistance - subject to income testing. How long you have lived here is irrelevant so long as you are PR
Nov 21st 2010, 7:17 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
. lol
Nov 21st 2010, 8:22 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Just a few things on the Paid Parental Leave - Maternity Pay in Australia
January 2011 implementation
January 2011 implementation
- This Parental leave is for eligible working parents of children born or adopted on or after 1 January 2011.
- It is paid for up to 18 weeks at the National Minimum Wage - currently $569.90 a week before tax (2010)
- Claimants must be Australian residents with an income of under $150,000 per year.
- Claimants must have worked for at least 10 of the 13 months prior to the birth of the child.
- Note: You cannot receive Parental Leave Pay and a Baby Bonus payment for the same child. You get one OR the other.
Nov 21st 2010, 9:45 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Hello
I am here on a 309 PR visa and my Aussie Mrs has just had our baby.
I cannot be sure on the facts but I can offer at least some knowledge.
Centrelink asked for my tax file number which of course I did not have at the time so as they couldnt be arsed with the problems that this presented, they put her down as a single mum, until I get my tax file number ( which i now have ) But as I am unemployed they still persist that she should remain on the system as a single mum. So if wifey is Aussie citizen then she is entitled to baby bonus, and rental assistance, you just have to be a bit clever about it. I am not suggesting you cheat the system but merely lean on the circumstances. We were honest about our situation and it swung in our favour, but the fact that you have a job may come into play. You may still get rental assistance but not as much, but as for baby bonus, you, or her are more than entitled.
Is your wife Australian citizen?
I am here on a 309 PR visa and my Aussie Mrs has just had our baby.
I cannot be sure on the facts but I can offer at least some knowledge.
Centrelink asked for my tax file number which of course I did not have at the time so as they couldnt be arsed with the problems that this presented, they put her down as a single mum, until I get my tax file number ( which i now have ) But as I am unemployed they still persist that she should remain on the system as a single mum. So if wifey is Aussie citizen then she is entitled to baby bonus, and rental assistance, you just have to be a bit clever about it. I am not suggesting you cheat the system but merely lean on the circumstances. We were honest about our situation and it swung in our favour, but the fact that you have a job may come into play. You may still get rental assistance but not as much, but as for baby bonus, you, or her are more than entitled.
Is your wife Australian citizen?
Nov 21st 2010, 7:27 pm
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
I would guess it's just loose wording with regards to FTB part B which is for single parents or where one parent earns very little.
Nov 22nd 2010, 12:46 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
When I arrived we went to CL and said here I am, the partner and Father of the child, they asked me for my Tax file number which I said i do not have yet, as at the time I still didnt have my Visa, I was on ETA still. I think they were unsure what to do in this case so it was kind of swept under the carpet, but I generally got the impression that they couldnt be arsed with the additional admin that this would create, or even if there is a procedure for such a circumstance. However, now I have my visa, and my tax file number. ( received last week, they shall be informed ) Yes Crazy, but not complaining.
I would like to point out that i would much rather be earning to my full potential which would far outweigh any government assistance, which is great and very generous but makes me cringe having to rely on the Aussie government. Good jobs are rare on the coast but we know that
Nov 22nd 2010, 12:49 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Pretty much Poll...
When I arrived we went to CL and said here I am, the partner and Father of the child, they asked me for my Tax file number which I said i do not have yet, as at the time I still didnt have my Visa, I was on ETA still. I think they were unsure what to do in this case so it was kind of swept under the carpet, but I generally got the impression that they couldnt be arsed with the additional admin that this would create, or even if there is a procedure for such a circumstance. However, now I have my visa, and my tax file number. ( received last week, they shall be informed ) Yes Crazy, but not complaining.
I would like to point out that i would much rather be earning to my full potential which would far outweigh any government assistance, which is great and very generous but makes me cringe having to rely on the Aussie government. Good jobs are rare on the coast but we know that
When I arrived we went to CL and said here I am, the partner and Father of the child, they asked me for my Tax file number which I said i do not have yet, as at the time I still didnt have my Visa, I was on ETA still. I think they were unsure what to do in this case so it was kind of swept under the carpet, but I generally got the impression that they couldnt be arsed with the additional admin that this would create, or even if there is a procedure for such a circumstance. However, now I have my visa, and my tax file number. ( received last week, they shall be informed ) Yes Crazy, but not complaining.
I would like to point out that i would much rather be earning to my full potential which would far outweigh any government assistance, which is great and very generous but makes me cringe having to rely on the Aussie government. Good jobs are rare on the coast but we know that
Nov 22nd 2010, 4:46 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Pretty much Poll...
When I arrived we went to CL and said here I am, the partner and Father of the child, they asked me for my Tax file number which I said i do not have yet, as at the time I still didnt have my Visa, I was on ETA still. I think they were unsure what to do in this case so it was kind of swept under the carpet, but I generally got the impression that they couldnt be arsed with the additional admin that this would create, or even if there is a procedure for such a circumstance. However, now I have my visa, and my tax file number. ( received last week, they shall be informed ) Yes Crazy, but not complaining.
I would like to point out that i would much rather be earning to my full potential which would far outweigh any government assistance, which is great and very generous but makes me cringe having to rely on the Aussie government. Good jobs are rare on the coast but we know that
When I arrived we went to CL and said here I am, the partner and Father of the child, they asked me for my Tax file number which I said i do not have yet, as at the time I still didnt have my Visa, I was on ETA still. I think they were unsure what to do in this case so it was kind of swept under the carpet, but I generally got the impression that they couldnt be arsed with the additional admin that this would create, or even if there is a procedure for such a circumstance. However, now I have my visa, and my tax file number. ( received last week, they shall be informed ) Yes Crazy, but not complaining.
I would like to point out that i would much rather be earning to my full potential which would far outweigh any government assistance, which is great and very generous but makes me cringe having to rely on the Aussie government. Good jobs are rare on the coast but we know that
Good luck with the job hunting
not the easiest of areas to find work at present as I understand it 
Nov 22nd 2010, 4:59 am
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Re: Family tax benefits part A/B, baby bonus & rent assistance
Yes, looking for a job is a full time occupation in itself but determined not to move or commute to Brisbane. Went there the other day on the train, it was horrific, great place but not for me, I came here to escape the rat race. And I love Sunny Coast, however that is a contradiction of terms and even borderline trade description fraud as its rarely bloody sunny !! but I know its coming and everyone speaks of the worst spring ever, and that "wet season" is around the corner....umm, so whats the last 2 months been all about then? preliminary wet season?.....
That said I love it here, just need a damn job! had my feet up for couple of months now, going insane, highlight of my day is collecting fallen palm throngs and putting them in a pile, maybe one day i`ll treat myself and cut the bastard things up! But then baby girl is always a pleasure to be around so maybe i should enjoy
xxx