9.1.3 The Income and Assets Tests

This section contains information on the income test and the assets test. A person's income and assets affect the amount of:

  • service pension or income support supplement if the person is not blind; and
  • rent assistance for a service pensioner who is not a war widow/widower-pensioner and who is blind.


Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/91-income-and-assets-test-principles/913-income-and-assets-tests

The Income and Assets Test - General Provisions

This section contains information on the income test and the assets test. A person's income and assets affect the amount of:

  • service pension or income support supplement if the person is not blind; and
  • rent assistance for a service pensioner who is not a war widow/widower-pensioner and who is blind.


Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/91-income-and-assets-test-principles/913-income-and-assets-tests/income-and-assets-test-general-provisions

The Income Test

This section contains information on the income test and the assets test. A person's income and assets affect the amount of:

  • service pension or income support supplement if the person is not blind; and
  • rent assistance for a service pensioner who is not a war widow/widower-pensioner and who is blind.


Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/91-income-and-assets-test-principles/913-income-and-assets-tests/income-test

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The Assets Test

This section contains information on the income test and the assets test. A person's income and assets affect the amount of:

  • service pension or income support supplement if the person is not blind; and
  • rent assistance for a service pensioner who is not a war widow/widower-pensioner and who is blind.


Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/91-income-and-assets-test-principles/913-income-and-assets-tests/assets-test