Non-indexed Payments and Rates

Items that are non-indexed

A number of VEA payments, limits and rates that are not subject to indexation. These include:

• energy supplements,
• without adequate means of support pension allowances,
• defence force income support allowance (DFISA)(ceased 1 January 2022),
• funeral benefits,
• decoration allowance,
• remote area allowance,
• education entry payment,
• additional income free area for children,
• allowable gifting limit,
• deeming interest rate, and
• taper rates under the income and assets tests.

Items that are derived from indexed amounts

There a number of payments, limits and thresholds that are not indexed themselves but are derived from other amounts that are indexed. These include:

• income at which service pension ceases,
• assets at which service pension ceases,
• income at which eligibility for treatment ceases,
• assets at which eligibility for treatment ceases,
• adjusted income before income support supplement (ISS) reduces,
• adjusted income at which ISS ceases,
• assets at which ISS reduces,
• assets at which ISS ceases,
• maximum pension bonus,
• minimum rent to be paid maximum rent assistance.