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11.10.2 Income Support Advices

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  • Part 11 Administration of Payments
    • 11.1 Income Support Effective Dates and Pension Periods
      • 11.1.1 Overview of Effective Dates and Pension Periods
      • 11.1.2 Pension Periods and Paydays
      • 11.1.3 Effective Dates for Grants
      • 11.1.4 Determining Effective Dates for Variations and Terminations
        • Variation or Termination Resulting From Response to Section 54 Obligations
        • Effective Dates for General Variations
        • Effective Dates for Review Requested by Pensioner
        • Date of Effect for Annual Reviews
        • Effective Dates for Post-Bereavement Reviews
        • Date of Effect of Property Valuations
        • Date of Effect - Overseas Benefits
      • 11.1.5 Accommodation Bond Transitional Provisions
      • 11.1.6 Special Provisions Relating to Deductible Amount
    • 11.2 Disability Compensation Payment Instalments and Effective Dates
      • 11.2.1 Overview of Disability Compensation Payment Instalments and Effective Dates
      • 11.2.2 Instalments and Dates of Effect for Payments, Pensions and Allowances
      • 11.2.3 Dates of Effect for Determinations Resulting from Reviews
        • Dates of effect for determinations resulting from Commission reviews
        • Dates of effect for determinations resulting from VRB reviews
        • Dates of effect for determinations resulting from AAT reviews
    • 11.3 Agents and Trustees
      • 11.3.1 Overview of Payments to Agents and Trustees
      • 11.3.2 Agents
        • Payments to Agents
        • Appointment of an Agent
      • 11.3.3 Trustees
        • Payments to Trustees
        • Appointment of a Trustee
    • 11.4 Portability
      • 11.4.1 Overview of Portability
      • 11.4.2 Effect of Going Overseas on Payment of Pensions
      • 11.4.3 Effect of Going Overseas on Payment of Supplements and Allowances
      • 11.4.4 Transfers Between Portable Pensions
      • 11.4.5 Bar to Portability - Pension Claimed During Temporary Return to Australia
    • 11.5 Manner of Payment
      • 11.5.1 Overview of Manner of Payment
      • 11.5.2 Payment by Direct Credit
        • Overview of Payment by Direct Credit
        • Powers of Commission in Relation to Direct Credit Payments
        • Accounts into Which Direct Credit Payments can be Made
        • Payability of Seniors Supplement Where No Account is Nominated
      • 11.5.3 Exemptions from Payment by Direct Credit
        • Overview of Exemptions from Payment by Direct Credit
        • Exemption Due to Difficulty Accessing Financial Services
        • Temporary Exemptions
      • 11.5.4 Payment by Group Payment
      • 11.5.5 Payment by Individual Cheque
      • 11.5.6 Payment Method for Overseas Residents
    • 11.6 Taxation
      • 11.6.1 Overview of Taxation
      • 11.6.2 Taxable Payments
      • 11.6.3 Non-Taxable Payments
        • Non-taxable Income Support Payments
        • 11.6 Non-taxable Compensation Payments
        • Other Non-taxable Payments
        • 11.6.3 Tax Free Payments and Benefits
      • 11.6.4 Payment Summaries
      • 11.6.5 Payment of Tax Withholdings to Commissioner of Taxation
        • Payment of Tax Withholdings at Pensioner's Request
        • Payment of Tax Withholdings at the Commissioner of Taxation's Direction
      • 11.6.6 Pensioner Offsets
    • 11.7 Imprisonment
      • 11.7.1 Overview of Imprisonment
      • 11.7.2 How Payments and Benefits may be Affected
      • 11.7.3 Redirection of Payments to Partner or Child
    • 11.8 Ownership of Pension Instalments
    • 11.9 Powers of Administration and Delegation
      • 11.9.1 Overview of Powers of Administration and Delegation
      • 11.9.2 Administrative Powers of the Commission
      • 11.9.3 Delegations
        • What are Delegations
        • Rules for Delegates to Follow
        • Role and Responsibilities of a Delegate of the Repatriation Commission
        • Resources Available to Delegates to Assist in Decision Making
      • 11.9.4 Ethics for Decision Makers
        • Receipt of Gifts or Benefits
        • Conflicts of Interest
  • Part 1 Service Requirements
    • 1.1 Veterans
      • 1.1.1 Who is a Veteran
        • Definition of a Veteran
        • Who Does the Definition Include?
        • Service with the Australian Defence Force
        • Duntroon Cadets and RAN Midshipmen
      • 1.1.2 Civilians
        • Eligible Civilians - World War 2
        • Civilians on Special Missions - World War 1 and World War 2
        • Civilians Deemed to be Full-time Members of the Defence Force
      • 1.1.3 Commonwealth and Allied Veterans
        • Members of Defence Forces Established by Commonwealth or Allied Countries
        • Where must Commonwealth and Allied Veterans have Served
        • Australians who Served in Commonwealth or Allied Forces
        • Members of Defence Forces Established by Governments in Exile
        • Members of Irregular Forces
      • 1.1.4 Merchant Mariners
        • Australian Merchant Mariners
        • Allied Merchant Mariners
      • 1.1.5 Claimants not Eligible
    • 1.2 Service Types
      • 1.2.1 Qualifying Service
        • Incurred Danger
        • Qualifying Service for Veterans
        • Qualifying Service for Commonwealth Veterans
        • Qualifying Service for Allied Veterans
        • Qualifying Service for Allied Mariners
        • Determinations of Warlike Service
      • 1.2.2 Service Requirements for Disability Compensation Payment
        • Eligible War Service
        • Operational Service
        • Determinations of Non-Warlike Service
        • Peacekeeping Service
        • Hazardous Service
        • Defence Service
      • 1.2.3 Requirement for Continuous Full-time Service
        • Relevance and Meaning of Continuous Full-time Service
        • Who Meets the Criteria for Continuous Full-time Service
      • 1.2.4 Requirement for Effective Full-time Service
        • Relevance and Meaning of Effective Full-time Service
        • Periods Not Counted Toward Effective Full-time Service
        • Exemption of National Servicemen from Effective Full-time Service Requirement
        • Discharge Prior to Completion of Period of Effective Full-time Service
      • 1.2.5 Evidence of Service
        • Veterans' Evidence of Service
        • Commonwealth and Allied Veterans' Evidence of Service
        • Merchant Mariners' Evidence of Service
        • Statutory Declarations as Evidence of Service
    • 1.3 Service in World War 1 and World War 2
      • 1.3.1 Service in World War 1
        • World War 1 - Qualifying and Operational Service
        • Royal Australian Naval Brigade Service
        • North Russia and Kurdistan Service after the Armistice
      • 1.3.2 Military Service in World War 2 - Outside Australia
      • 1.3.3 Military Service in World War 2 - Within Australia
        • Qualifying Service - Australian Coastal Waters
        • Qualifying Service - Northern Territory
        • Qualifying Service - Single Incidents
      • 1.3.4 Civilians in World War 2
    • 1.4 Service Post World War 2
      • 1.4.1 Post World War 2 Operations
        • Interim Forces
        • Bomb and Mine Clearance
        • British Commonwealth Occupation Forces
        • Service in the Korean War
        • Service in the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation
        • Service in Vietnam
        • Other Post World War 2 Conflicts
      • 1.4.2 Peacekeeping Forces
    • 1.5 Periods of Conflicts and Operational Areas
      • 1.5.1 World War 1 and World War 2
        • World War 1 - Periods and Places
        • World War 2 - Periods and Places
      • 1.5.2 Post World War 2
        • Korean Hostilities - Period and Operational Area
        • Malayan Emergency and Confrontation - Periods and Operational Areas
        • Vietnam Hostilities - Period and Operational Areas
        • Persian Gulf War - Periods and Operational Areas
        • North East Thailand (including Ubon) - Period and Operational Area
        • Namibia - Period and Operational Area
        • Cambodia - Period and Operational Areas
        • Yugoslavia - Period and Operational Area
        • Somalia - Period and Operational Area
  • Part 2 Applying for a Pension
    • 2.1 Claims
      • 2.1.1 Overview of Claims
      • 2.1.2 Types of Claims
        • What types of claims may be lodged?
        • Qualifying Service Claims
        • Service Pension and Income Support Supplement Claims
        • Disability Compensation Payment Claims
        • Applications for Increase in Disability Compensation Payment
        • War Widow's/Widower's Pension and Orphan's Pension Claims
      • 2.1.3 Lodging or Withdrawing Claims
        • Lodgement of a Claim
        • Withdrawal of a claim
      • 2.1.4 Assessment of a Claim
        • Investigation of a Claim
        • Consideration and Determination of a Claim
        • Centrelink Clearance
      • 2.1.5 Death or Imprisonment of a Claimant
        • Death of a Claimant
        • Imprisonment of a Claimant
    • 2.2 Proof of Identity
      • 2.2.1 Overview of Proof of Identity
        • Historical Background to Proof of Identity
        • Proof of Identity Overview
      • 2.2.2 Establishing Proof of Identity or Relationship to a Veteran
        • Establishing Proof of Identity
        • Satisfying Proof of Identity Requirements
        • Proof of Identity Check – Income Support
        • Proof of Identity Check – Compensation Claims under the VEA, DRCA and MRCA
        • Establishing Proof of Relationship to a Veteran
      • 2.2.3 Effect of Proof of Identity on Claim
      • 2.2.4 Proof of Identity Documentation
        • Categories of Proof of Identity
        • Non-Standard Proof of Identity
        • Acceptable Proof of Identity Documentation
    • 2.3 Standard and Onus of Proof
      • 2.3.1 Overview of Standards and Onus of Proof
      • 2.3.2 Standards of Proof
        • Treatment of Evidence
        • Making Decisions Under the VEA
        • Reasonable Satisfaction
      • 2.3.3 Onus of Proof
    • Gender X Policy
      • 2.4.2. Gender X POI requirements.
  • Part 3 Income Support Eligibility
    • 3.1 Service Pension Eligibility
      • 3.1.1 Overview of Service Pension Eligibility
      • 3.1.2 Age Service Pension
      • 3.1.3 Invalidity Service Pension
      • 3.1.4 Partner Service Pension
        • Eligibility for Partner Service Pension
        • Age Requirement for Partner Service Pension
        • Eligibility for partner service pension when separated from veteran
    • 3.2 Income Support Supplement (ISS) Eligibility
      • 3.2.1 Overview of Income Support Supplement (ISS)
      • 3.2.2 ISS Eligibility
      • 3.2.3 Invalidity ISS
    • 3.3 Service Pension and Income Support Supplement Payability
      • 3.3.1 Overview of Service Pension and Income Support Supplement Payability
      • 3.3.2 Payment of Service Pension and Income Support Supplement
      • 3.3.3 Compensation Affected Pension Payability
    • 3.4 Age
      • 3.4.1 Age Requirements
      • 3.4.2 Age Equalisation For Females
        • Impact of Equalisation
        • How Equalisation Works
        • Pension Age for Female Veterans and Qualifying Age for Females
        • Pension Age for Female Non-Veterans and for Tax Purposes
    • 3.5 Residency
      • 3.5.1 Australian Residents
        • Residing in Australia
        • Australian Citizen
        • Permanent and Temporary Visas
        • Special Category Visa
        • Special Purpose Visa
      • 3.5.2 Periods of Residency
        • Required Periods of Residency
        • Continuous Period
        • Concession to Continuous Period
        • Further Periods of Residence Required
      • 3.5.3 Persons not Residing in Australia
      • 3.5.4 Domicile
        • Relevance of Domicile
        • Establishing Domicile
    • 3.6 Permanent Incapacity
      • 3.6.1 Overview of Permanent Incapacity
      • 3.6.2 Assessment of Permanent Incapacity
        • Assessment
        • Medical Factors
      • 3.6.3 Persons Automatically Considered to be Permanently Incapacitated
      • 3.6.4 Assessment of Invalidity Service Pensioners Participating in Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (VVRS)
    • 3.7 Comparable Foreign Pension
      • 3.7.1 Overview of Comparable Foreign Pension
      • 3.7.2 Requirement to Claim a Comparable Foreign Pension (CFP)
      • 3.7.3 Fulfilment of Obligation to Take Reasonable Action
      • 3.7.4 Claiming a Foreign Pension
      • 3.7.5 Assessment of Comparable Foreign Pension Payments
    • 3.8 Restrictions on Dual Pensions
    • 3.9 Payment for Loss or Detriment
      • 3.9.1 Overview of Payment for Loss or Detriment
      • 3.9.2 Compensation for Detriment Caused by Administrative Error
      • 3.9.3 Act of Grace Payments
    • 3.10 Financial Hardship
      • 3.10.1 Overview of Financial Hardship
      • 3.10.2 Access to Financial Hardship Rules
        • General Criteria for Application of the Financial Hardship Rules
        • Effect of Deprivation on Application of Financial Hardship Rules
      • 3.10.3 Lodging a Claim under Financial Hardship Provisions
      • 3.10.4 Unrealisable Assets
        • Unrealisable Assets - Unable or Unreasonable to Sell
        • Unrealisable Assets - Security for Borrowing
        • Unrealisable Assets - Farm
      • 3.10.5 Severe Financial Hardship
        • Determining Severe Financial Hardship - Assets Tested Pension Plus Income
        • Determining Severe Financial Hardship - Readily Available Funds
        • Determining Severe Financial Hardship - Drawings from an Unincorporated Business
        • Determining Severe Financial Hardship - Unavoidable or Reasonable Expenditure
        • Differentiating between Temporary and Long Term Severe Financial Hardship
      • 3.10.6 Rate Calculation under the Hardship Provisions
      • 3.10.7 Notional Annual Rate of Ordinary Income
        • Notional annual rate of ordinary income - unrealisable assets
        • Notional Annual Rate of Ordinary Income - farms
    • 3.11 Lump Sum Advance
      • 3.11.1 Overview of Lump Sum Advance
      • 3.11.2 Lump Sum Advance Eligibility
      • 3.11.3 Payment of Lump Sum Advance
      • 3.11.4 Repayment of Lump Sum Advance
      • 3.11.5 Repayment of Lump Sum Advance - Hardship Assessment vs 1
      • 3.11.6 Right of Review
    • 3.12 Crisis Payment
      • 3.12.1 Overview of Crisis Payment
      • 3.12.2 Eligibility for Crisis Payment
      • 3.12.3 Extreme Circumstances Causing Departure from the Home
      • 3.12.4 Domestic or Family Violence - Remaining in the Home
      • 3.12.5 Release from Lawful Custody
      • 3.12.6 Claim and Payment of a Crisis Payment
  • Part 3A Veteran Payment
    • Overview of Veteran Payment
    • Eligibility requirements for Veteran Payment
    • Accessing the Veteran Payment
    • Partners
    • Payment
      • Payment period
      • Payability is distinct from eligibility
      • A person can only receive one Veteran Payment for a period
      • Restrictions on dual payments
      • Provision of tax file number
      • Payment arrangements if the person is in gaol
      • Loss of payability
      • Compensation Recovery
    • Proof of Identity
    • Compliances and Obligations
    • Centrelink Clearances
    • Provision of Medical Certificate
    • Rehabilitation
    • Cancellation and Suspension
    • Determination of claim for a mental health condition
      • Extension of Veteran Payment in special circumstances
      • Incapacity Payments – Recovery of veteran payment
    • Death
      • Death of a person receiving veteran payment
      • Death of a person prior to determination of eligibility for Veteran Payment
  • Part 4 Disability Compensation Eligibility
    • 4.1 Disability Compensation Payment Eligibility
      • 4.1.1 Overview of Disability Compensation Payment Eligibility
      • 4.1.2 Eligibility Requirements for Disability Compensation Payment
      • 4.1.3 General Rate Eligibility
      • 4.1.4 Extreme Disablement Adjustment Eligibility
      • 4.1.5 Intermediate Rate Eligibility
      • 4.1.6 Special Rate (T&PI or TTI) Eligibility
      • 4.1.7 Increased Rate of Disability Compensation Payment for Specific Disabilities - Eligibility
        • 4.1.7.1 Injuries Eligible for Increased Disability Compensation Payment Rates under VEA section 27(4)
      • 4.1.8 Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (VVRS) Safety Net Provisions for certain Disability Compensation Payments
    • 4.2 War Widow's/Widower's Pension Eligibility
      • 4.2.1 Voluntary Assisted Dying
    • 4.3 Orphan's Pension Eligibility
    • 4.4 Causal Connection of Injury or Disease with Service
      • 4.4.1 Overview of Causal Connection Injury or Disease with Service
      • 4.4.2 Relationship of Injury or Disease to Service
      • 4.4.3 Service Contributed to or Aggravated a Pre-existing Injury or Disease
      • 4.4.4 Sporting Injuries
      • 4.4.5 Travelling to and from Duty
      • 4.4.6 Injuries Occurring during Domestic Activities or Live-in Accommodation
      • 4.4.7 Injuries Resulting from Medical Treatment
      • 4.4.8 Attendance at Social Occasions
      • 4.4.9 Serious Default, Wilful Act, Breach of Discipline
      • 4.4.10 - Claims related to sexual and physical abuse
      • 4.4.11 Claims relating to asbestos exposure while serving on certain RAN vessels
    • 4.5 Medical Connections to Service
      • 4.5.1 Overview of Medical Connections to Service
      • 4.5.2 What are Statements of Principles?
      • 4.5.3 How are Statements of Principles Made and Used?
      • 4.5.4 Investigation and Review of Statements of Principles
        • Investigation and Review of Statements of Principles by the RMA
        • Review of RMA Decisions on Statements of Principles by the SMRC
  • Part 5 Income Support Allowances and Benefits
    • 5.1 Rent Assistance
      • 5.1.1 Overview of Rent Assistance
      • 5.1.2 Eligibility Criteria for Rent Assistance
        • Rent Assistance Eligibility
        • Family Tax Benefit and Rent Assistance Eligibility
        • Government Rent and Rent Assistance Eligibility
        • Property Owners and Rent Assistance Eligibility
      • 5.1.3 Payment of Rent Assistance
        • Rent Verification
        • Rent Assistance Rates and Thresholds
        • Calculating the Rate of Rent Assistance Payable
        • Disability Income Rent Test (ceased 2022)
    • 5.2 Remote Area Allowance (RAA)
      • 5.2.1 Eligibility for Remote Area Allowance (RAA)
      • 5.2.2 Payment of RAA
      • 5.2.3 Determining if a Residence is a Remote Area
      • 5.2.4 Usual Place of Residence
    • 5.3 Education Entry Payment (EdEP)
    • 5.4 Home Equity Access Scheme
      • 5.4.1 Overview of Home Equity Access Scheme
      • 5.4.2 Eligibility Criteria for Home Equity Access Scheme
      • 5.4.3 Administration of Home Equity Access Scheme
        • Application for Home Equity Access Scheme
        • Impact of Home Equity Access Scheme on Other Entitlements
      • 5.4.4 Payment of Home Equity Access Scheme
        • Calculation of Home Equity Access Scheme Loan
        • Management and Maintenance of Home Equity Access Scheme Loans
        • Security for Home Equity Access Scheme Loans
      • 5.4.5 Review of Home Equity Access Scheme
      • 5.4.6 Repayment of Home Equity Access Scheme
        • Repayment of Loan After the Death of Participant
        • Repayment of a Loan Prior to Death
    • 5.5 Retirement Assistance for Farmers Scheme (RAFS)
      • 5.5.1 Overview of RAFS
      • 5.5.2 Eligibility Criteria for Participation in RAFS
      • 5.5.3 Requirements Applicable to Farm Transfer
        • Criteria Applicable to the Farm Transfer Transaction
        • Transfer Requirements Where Property Owned by Company or Trust
        • Requirement for Farmer to Divest all Farming Interests
        • Requirement for Transfer to Eligible Descendant
      • 5.5.4 Requirements Applicable to Farmer or Former Partner
        • Farmer Must be a Qualifying Farmer
        • Requirement for Farmer to Hold Qualifying Interest
        • Requirements Applicable to Widow/Widower or Former Partner
      • 5.5.5 Requirement for Active Involvement of Eligible Descendants
        • Application of Requirement for Active Involvement
        • Active Involvement
      • 5.5.6 Claims for Participation in RAFS
        • Lodgement of a Pre-Assessment Request
        • Lodgement of RAFS Claim
        • Identifying Date of Transfer
      • 5.5.7 Valuation of Farm Assets
        • Assessment of Farm Value
        • Retaining a Life Interest
        • Application of Assets Limit
      • 5.5.8 The Farmers' Income Test
        • Application of the Farmers' Income Test
        • Assessment of Non-Farm Income
        • Assessment of Farm Income
    • 5.6 Pension Bonus Scheme
      • 5.6.1 Overview of the Pension Bonus Scheme
      • 5.6.2 Eligibility for Participation in the Scheme
        • Basic Eligibility Requirements for Pension Bonus Scheme
        • Other Eligibility Requirements
      • 5.6.3 Registration as a Member of the Scheme
        • Requirements for Registration
        • Backdating Registration
        • Registration Issues - DVA and Centrelink
        • Registration of Members of a Couple
      • 5.6.4 Membership Requirements
        • Work Requirements of the Pension Bonus Scheme
        • Bonus Period
        • Record Keeping Requirements for Pension Bonus Scheme Members
      • 5.6.5 Types of Membership
        • Accruing Membership
        • Non-Accruing Membership
        • Post 70/75 Membership
        • Cancellation of Membership
      • 5.6.6 Claiming a Bonus
        • Requirements for Making a Claim
        • Lodgement Period for a Claim
      • 5.6.7 Calculating the Bonus
      • 5.6.8 Factors that Affect the Calculation of a Bonus
        • Pension Deferred May Affect Bonus
        • Change of Marital Status During Qualifying Period
        • No change of Marital Status - Standard Formula Not Applicable
        • Top Up of the Pension Bonus
      • 5.6.9 Pension Bonus and Retirement Assistance for Farmers
      • 5.6.10 Death of a Member of the Scheme
        • Impact on Claim and Payment of Bonus
        • Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment
      • 5.6.11 Bonus Payable to a War Widow/Widower who has Deferred Age Pension
      • 5.6.12 Pension Bonus and Retirement Assistance for Sugarcane Farmers (RASF)
    • 5.7 Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC)
      • 5.7.1 CSHC Overview
      • 5.7.2 CSHC Eligibility
      • 5.7.3 CSHC Income Test
      • 5.7.4 Date of Effect for CSHC Determinations
    • 5.8 Fringe Benefits
      • 5.8.2 Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) and Associated Benefits
        • Eligibility Requirements for a PCC
        • Benefits Available to the Card Holders
        • Eligible Children and PCC
        • Custodial parents and PCC
    • 5.9 Defence Force Income Support Allowance (DFISA)(ceased 2022)
      • 5.9.1 Overview of DFISA (ceased 2022)
      • 5.9.2 Administration of DFISA (Ceased 2022)
        • DFISA Payability (ceased 2022)
        • DVA and Centrelink Arrangements (DFISA ceased 2022)
        • Social Security Payments Payable at Nil Rate (DFISA removed 2022)
        • ABSTUDY and DAFF Income Support Payments Reduced to Nil Rate (DFISA ceased 2022)
        • Electing Not to Receive DFISA (ceased 2022)
        • Pensioner Dissatisfied with DFISA Rate (ceased 2022)
      • 5.9.3 Calculation of DFISA (ceased 2022)
        • DFISA Calculation (ceased 2022)
        • DFISA Calculation and Compensation Recovery Rules (ceased 2022)
        • DFISA Calculation Examples (ceased 2022)
      • 5.9.4 DFISA Bonus (ceased 2022)
      • 5.9.5 Bereavement Payments and DFISA (ceased 2022)
      • 5.9.6 Other DFISA Impacts (ceased 2022)
    • 5.10 Retirement Assistance for Sugarcane Farmers Scheme (RASF)
      • 5.10.1 Overview of Retirement Assistance for Sugarcane Farmers Scheme (RASF)
      • 5.10.2 Eligibility Criteria for Participation in RASF
      • 5.10.3 Requirements Applicable to Sugarcane Farm Transfer
        • Criteria Applicable to the Sugarcane Farm Transfer Transaction
        • Transfer Requirements where Property Owned by Company or Trust
        • Requirement for Sugarcane Farmer to Divest all Sugarcane Farming Interests
        • Requirement for Transfer to Eligible Descendant
      • 5.10.4 Requirements Applicable to Sugarcane Farmer, Partner or Former Partner
        • Sugarcane Farmer must be a Qualifying Sugarcane Farmer
        • Requirement for Sugarcane Farmer to hold Eligible Interest
        • Requirements Applicable to Widow/Widower or Former Partner
      • 5.10.5 Requirement for Active Involvement of Eligible Descendants
        • Application of Requirement for Active Involvement
        • Active Involvement
      • 5.10.6 Claims for Participation in RASF
        • Lodgement of a Pre-Assessment Request
        • Lodgement of RASF Claim
        • Identifying Date of Transfer
      • 5.10.7 Valuation of Sugarcane Farm Assets
        • Assessment of Sugarcane Farm Value
        • Retaining a Life Interest
        • Application of Assets Limit
        • No Reduction in Value of Assets
      • 5.10.8 The Sugarcane Farmers' Income Test
        • Application of the Sugarcane Farmers' Income Test
        • Assessment of Non-Sugarcane Farm Income
        • Assessment of Sugarcane Farm Income
    • 5.11 Seniors Supplement (SSup)
      • 5.11.1 Eligibility for Seniors Supplement
      • 5.11.2 Payability of Seniors Supplement
      • 5.11.3 Rate of Seniors Supplement
      • 5.11.4 Administration of Seniors Supplement
    • 5.12 Pension Supplement (PSup)
      • 5.12.1 Overview of Pension Supplement
      • 5.12.2 Eligibility for Pension Supplement
      • 5.12.3 Payability of Pension Supplement
      • 5.12.4 Administration of Pension Supplement
  • Part 6 Veterans' Compensation Allowances and Benefits
    • 6.1 Veterans' Children Education Scheme (VCES)
    • 6.2 Attendant Allowance
    • 6.3 Temporary Incapacity Allowance
    • 6.4 Vehicle Assistance Scheme (VAS)
      • 6.4.1 Eligibility for the VAS
      • 6.4.2 Specific Conditions: Initial Vehicle Grants
      • 6.4.3 Specific Conditions: Replacement Vehicle Grants
      • 6.4.4 Specific Conditions: Driving Devices and Modifications Grant
      • 6.4.5 Specific Conditions: Running and Maintenance Allowance
    • 6.5 Recreation Transport Allowance
    • 6.6 Loss of Earnings Allowance
    • 6.7 Clothing Allowance
    • 6.8 Decoration and Victoria Cross Allowances
    • 6.9 GST Exemption on Motor Cars and Spare Parts
    • 6.10 Veterans Supplement
      • 6.10.1 Overview of Veterans Supplement
      • 6.10.2 Eligibility for Veterans Supplement
        • 6.10.2 Eligibility Criteria for Veterans Supplement
      • 6.10.3 Payment of Veterans Supplement
        • Rules for Payment of Veterans Supplement
        • 6.10.3 Rates of Veterans Supplement
    • 6.11 Special Assistance
    • 6.12 Prisoner of War Recognition Supplement
    • Pharmaceutical Supplement
  • Part 7 Common Allowances and Benefits
    • 7.1 Treatment at Departmental Expense
      • 7.1.1 Overview of Treatment at Departmental Expense
      • 7.1.2 DVA Health Cards
        • DVA Health Card For All Conditions (Gold Card)
        • DVA Health Card For Specific Conditions (White Card)
      • 7.1.3 Gold Card Eligibility Under The Income/Assets Reduction Limit
      • 7.1.4 Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Card (Orange Card)
    • 7.2 Treatment under Non-Liability Health Care (NLHC) arrangements
    • 7.3 Treatment for Unidentifiable Conditions
    • 7.4 Clean Energy Payments
      • 7.4.1 Clean Energy Advance
        • Eligibility for Clean Energy Advance
        • Special rules applying to some clean energy underlying payments and benefits
        • Calculation of Clean Energy Advance
        • Amount and payment of Clean Energy Advance
        • Top-up payments of Clean Energy Advance
      • 7.4.2 Energy Supplement
        • Eligibility for Energy Supplement
        • Special rules applying to some underlying payments
        • Rate of Energy Supplement
        • Administration of Energy Supplement
        • Special rules applying to CSHC holders
    • 7.5 Energy Assistance Payment
    • 7.6 Economic Support Payments
    • 7.7 Cost of Living Payment
  • Part 8 Bereavement Assistance
    • 8.1 Income Support Bereavement Payment
      • 8.1.1 Overview of Income Support Bereavement Payment
      • 8.1.2 Administration of Bereavement Payment
        • Payments and Allowances Included
        • Types of Bereavement Payment
        • Partner Receiving Pension or Benefit from Centrelink
        • Survivor Dies During Bereavement Period
        • Effect of Suspension, Limitation or Cancellation of Pension
        • Death of Claimant or Child Before Claim Determined
        • Processing During the Bereavement Period
        • Automatic Grant of ISS During the Bereavement Period
        • Non-automatic Grant of ISS During the Bereavement Period
      • 8.1.3 Single Pensioner Bereavement Payment
        • Eligibility for Single Pensioner Bereavement Payment
        • Payment of Single Pensioner Bereavement Payment
      • 8.1.4 Partnered Pensioner Bereavement Payment
        • Eligibility for Partnered Pensioner Bereavement Payment
        • Payment Arrangements for Partnered Pensioner Bereavement Payment
        • Deceased War Widow/Widower Receiving Service Pension
        • Deceased War Widow/Widower Receiving Income Support Supplement
        • Separation Due to Ill Health or Respite Care
      • 8.1.5 Dependent Child Bereavement Payment
        • Eligibility for Dependent Child Bereavement Payment
        • Payment Arrangements for Dependent Child Bereavement Payment
        • Calculating Amount of Dependent Child Bereavement Payment
    • 8.2 Disability Compensation Bereavement Payment
      • 8.2.1 Overview of Disability Compensation Bereavement Payment
      • 8.2.2 Eligibility for Disability Compensation Bereavement Payment
      • 8.2.3 Calculation of Disability Compensation Bereavement Payment
      • 8.2.4 Payment of Disability Compensation Bereavement Payment
    • 8.3 Funeral Benefits
      • 8.3.1 Overview of Funeral Benefits
      • 8.3.2 Funeral Benefit for a Deceased Veteran
        • Automatic Funeral Benefit Grant for a Deceased Veteran
        • Other Funeral Benefit Grant for a Deceased Veteran or Member
      • 8.3.3 Funeral Benefit for a Dependant of a Deceased Veteran or Member
      • 8.3.4 Application for a Funeral Benefit
        • Requirements for Claiming a Funeral Benefit
        • Prepaid Funeral Plan Versus Contributory Funeral Benefit Fund
      • 8.3.5 Indigent Circumstances
  • Part 9 Principles for Determining Pension Rate
    • 9.1 Income and Assets Test Principles
      • 9.1.1 Overview of Income and Assets Test Principles
      • 9.1.2 The Assessment Process
        • Assessment Process for Service Pension Payable to Non-War Widow/Widower-Pensioners
        • Service Pension Rate Calculation Process
        • Assessment Process for Service Pension Payable to War Widow/Widower-Pensioners
        • Assessment Process for ISS
      • 9.1.3 The Income and Assets Tests
        • The Income and Assets Test - General Provisions
        • The Income Test
        • The Assets Test
      • 9.1.4 Application of the Assessed Rate of Pension
        • Adjustments to an Assessed Rate
        • Reductions or Increases in Rate of Service Pension or ISS
        • Deductions from Pension Payments
      • 9.1.5 Order of Reduction
    • 9.2 Residential Situation
      • 9.2.1 Overview
      • 9.2.2 Basic Principles of Assessment
        • Principal Home
        • Married Couples Living Apart
        • Homeowner's Basic Assessment Rules
        • Non-Homeowner's Basic Assessment Rules
        • Amount of Rent Paid
      • 9.2.3 Additional Assessment Rules for Certain Types of Residences
        • House and Curtilage
        • Private Land Use Test
        • Extended Land Use Test
        • Mobile Home
        • Company Title Property
        • Home Owned by Private Company
        • Self-Contained Flat Attached to Home
        • Business Conducted from Home
        • Dual Occupancy Situations
      • 9.2.4 In Care - Assessment Rules
        • Types of Care Situations
        • Respite Care
        • In Care Assessment Rules
        • Aged Care Means Testing
      • 9.2.5 Special Residence - Assessment Rules
        • Overview of Special Residences
        • Entry Contribution
        • Special Residence - Basic Assessment Rules
        • Granny Flat Arrangements
        • Sale Leaseback Arrangements
        • Supported Residential Services
      • 9.2.6 Reasonableness Test
        • When to Apply the Reasonableness Test
        • The Deprivation Formula
        • Conversion Factor Table
      • 9.2.7 Departure from the Principal Home
        • Sale or Deprivation of Home
        • Temporary Absence
        • Extension of Home Proceeds Exemption
        • Vacation of Granny Flat
        • Entering Care
        • Departure from Aged Care
    • 9.3 Relationship Status
      • 9.3.1 Overview of Relationship Status
      • 9.3.2 Member of a Couple
        • Definitions for Member of a Couple Status
        • Illness Separated and Respite Care Couple
        • De facto Relationship
        • Factors Considered to Assess a De facto Relationship Exists
        • Regarding a Member of a Couple as Not a Member of a Couple
      • 9.3.3 Not a Member of a Couple
        • Definitions for Not a Member of a Couple Status
        • Separation and Income Support Eligibility
        • Living Separately and Apart
        • Separated Under One Roof
      • 9.3.4 Effect of Relationship Status on Rate
        • Effect of Relationship Status on Rate Payable
        • Member of a Couple Rate
        • Not a Member of a Couple Rate
    • 9.4 Children
      • 9.4.1 Overview of Children
      • 9.4.2 Effect of Children on Eligibility for Income Support Pensions, Benefits and Allowances
      • 9.4.3 Effect of Children on Assessment of Income Support Payments
        • Effect of Children on Ordinary/Adjusted Income Free Area
        • Effect of Children on Remote Area Allowance (RAA)
        • Effect of Children on Rent Assistance, Maintenance Income, Bereavement and other means test provisions
      • 9.4.4 Payments in Respect of Saved Children
    • 9.5 Deeming Provisions
      • 9.5.1 Overview of Deeming Provisions
      • 9.5.2 General Provisions for Deeming
        • Operation of Deeming
        • Scope of Deeming
        • Deeming Rate Calculation - Service Pension Couple
        • Investment Information Systems
      • 9.5.3 Exemptions from Deeming
        • General Exemptions from Deeming
        • Special Exemptions from Deeming
      • 9.5.4 Deeming of Savings Investments
        • Description - Cash & Accounts
        • Description - Loans, Bills, Debentures, Notes, Bullion & Equalisation Deposits
        • Description - Government & Semi-government Bonds
        • Description - Sale of Principal Home or Other Property
      • 9.5.5 Deeming of Shares Investments
        • Deemed Income from Listed Securities, Derivative Investments & Foreign Shareholdings
        • Deemed Income from Unlisted Public Securities, Delisted & Suspended Shares
        • Forms of Income from Share Investments
        • Description - Forms of Income from Share Investments
        • Description - Listed Securities
        • Description - Derivative Investments
        • Description - Foreign Shareholdings & Exempt Stock Markets
      • 9.5.6 Deeming of Managed Investments
        • Income from Life Insurance Products - Conventional Policies
        • Deemed Income from Life Insurance Products Regarded as Managed Investments
        • Deemed Income from Public Unit Trust Investments
        • Deemed Income from Superannuation & Roll-over Investments
        • Deemed Income from Other Managed Investments
        • Description - Other Managed Investments
      • 9.5.7 Deemed Income from Account-Based Income Streams
    • 9.6 Deprivation of Income and Assets
      • 9.6.1 Overview of Deprivation Provisions
      • 9.6.2 General Provisions of Deprivation
      • 9.6.3 Disposal Date for Deprived Income and Assets
      • 9.6.4 Treatment of Income and Assets Disposals
      • 9.6.5 Deprivation of Assets - Effect on Income
      • 9.6.6 Deprivation Related to Trusts and Private Companies
      • 9.6.7 Deprivation Related to Deceased Estates and Separation
      • 9.6.8 Deprivation Related to Home and Accommodation Transfers
      • 9.6.9 Deprivation Related to Farm Transfers
      • 9.6.10 Deprivation Related to Private Annuities
    • 9.7 Statutory Increases
      • 9.7.1 Overview of Statutory Increases
      • 9.7.2 Indexation of Pensions and Allowances
        • CPI
        • PBLCI
        • MTAWE
        • Effect of Negative CPI, PBLCI or MTAWE
        • How Certain Pensions and Allowances are Indexed
      • 9.7.3 Indexation Timetable
        • Income Support
        • Compensation
        • Non-indexed Payments and Rates
      • 9.7.4 Historical Information
    • 9.8 Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans' Pensions (GARP)
      • 9.8.1 Overview of GARP
      • 9.8.2 What is GARP?
      • 9.8.3 Elements of the Degree of Incapacity
        • Medical Impairment
        • Lifestyle Effects
      • 9.8.4 Degree of Incapacity and Assessment of Pension
      • 9.8.5 Chapter 1 – Cardiorespiratory Impairment
      • 9.8.6 Chapter 3 - Impairment of Spine and Limbs
      • 9.8.7 Chapter 7 - Ear, Nose & Throat Conditions
      • 9.8.8 GARP Chapter 10 Sexual Function, Reproduction, and Breasts
    • 9.9 Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) Cases
    • 9.10 Compensation Offsetting
      • Overview of Compensation Offsetting
      • 9.10.2 Compensation Offsetting and Award of Compensation or Damages
      • 9.10.3 Compensation Offsetting and Disability Compensation Payment
      • 9.10.4 Compensation Offsetting and War Widow's/Widower's Pension or Orphan's Pension
      • 9.10.5 Recovery of treatment costs (s93)
    • 9.11 Compensation Recovery
      • 9.11.1 Overview of Compensation Recovery
      • 9.11.2 General Compensation Recovery Provisions
        • Application of Compensation Recovery Provisions
        • Compensation Payments Excluded from Part IIIC Compensation Recovery Provisions
        • Requirements to Claim for Compensation
        • Application of the Special Circumstances Provisions
      • 9.11.3 Lump Sum Compensation Payments
        • General Provisions for Lump Sum Compensation Payments
        • Treatment of Certain Lump Sum Compensation Payments
        • Assessment of Lump Sum Compensation Payments
        • Duration of Lump Sum Preclusion Period
        • Workers' Compensation
      • 9.11.4 Periodic Compensation Payments
    • 9.12 - Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme
  • Part 10 Types of Income and Assets
    • 10.1 Ordinary Income
      • 10.1.1 Overview of Ordinary Income
      • 10.1.2 Income Rates and Definitions
        • Determining the Rate of Income for Pensions
        • Rate of Income - Couples, Blind Pensioners and Children
      • 10.1.3 Income Exempt from Assessment
        • Exempt Income under the VEA
        • DVA Income Exempt from Assessment
        • Exempt Lump Sums
          • Exempt Lump Sum Determinations DSS/Other
          • Exempt Lump Sum Determinations under the VEA
      • 10.1.4 Income from Employment
        • Overview of Income from Employment
        • Income Received to Cover Expenses
        • Assessment of Allowances
        • Assessment of Salary Sacrifice Amounts
        • Evidence of Earnings
        • Annual Rate
        • Notification Obligations and Date of Effect
        • Specific (Periodic) Reviews
        • Pension Reassessment at the End of the Review Period
        • Regular Earnings Income
        • Variable Earnings Income
        • Single Period or One-off Earnings Income
      • 10.1.5 Income from Overseas, including Pensions, War Pensions, War Widow/er's Pension and Restitution Payments
        • Income from Foreign Pensions
        • Foreign Income Exchange Rates
        • Overseas War Pensions
        • Overseas War Widow's/Widower's Pensions
        • Restitution Payments - National Socialist (Nazi) Persecution
        • Restitution Payments - Germany and Austria
        • Restitution Payments - Netherlands
        • Restitution Payments for POW Japan - Commonwealth and Allied Countries
      • 10.1.6 Income from Property
        • Home Equity Conversion Agreement
        • Income from Sale of Property - Payments Deferred or by Instalments
        • Income from Real Estate
        • Income from Boarders or Lodgers
        • Disposal/Deprivation of Rental Income
      • 10.1.7 Income from Other Sources
        • Income from Lottery Winnings
        • Income from Property Settlements and Life Interest
        • Income from Life Insurance Products
        • Income from Personal Injury Schemes
        • Income from Education Scholarships, Prizes and Allowances
        • Income from Training Scholarships
        • Income from Gifts, Legacies and Royalties
        • Income from Private Companies and Trusts
        • Income from Private Annuities
        • Income from Overseas Annuities
        • Income from Other Investments
      • 10.1.8 Work Bonus
        • 10.1.8.1 Meaning of work bonus income
          • Meaning of employment income
          • Meaning of gainful work income
        • 10.1.8.2 Work Bonus Bank
        • 10.1.8.3 Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme
    • 10.2 Assets
      • 10.2.1 Overview of Assets
      • 10.2.2 Determining the Value of an Asset
        • Valuation of Assets
        • Assessing Assets with Encumbrances and Loans
        • Assessing Assets where Beneficial Interest Arises
        • Value of Assets not Readily Accessible and Asset-tested Income Streams
      • 10.2.3 Disregarded Assets
        • Disregarded Assets Relating to the Principal Home
        • Disregarded Assets Relating to Interests
        • Disregarded Assets Relating to Deceased Estates and Funeral Expenses
        • Disregarded Assets Relating to Refund of Accommodation Bond
        • Other Disregarded Assets
        • Legally Irrecoverable Loans or Debts
      • 10.2.4 Assessing Personal Assets and Investments
        • Assets Value of Personal Effects, Household Contents, Vehicles and Cash
        • Assets Value of Bank, Building Society and Credit Union Accounts
        • Assets Value of Fixed Deposits, Bonds, Debentures and Securities
        • Assets Value of Managed Investments
        • Assets Value of Shares in Public Companies
        • Assets Value of Property and Real Estate
        • Assessing Loans and Guarantor Arrangements
        • Assessing Failed Loans and Debts
        • Assessing Life Insurance Policies
        • Assessing Interests in a Deceased Estate
        • Assessing Home Equity Conversion Loans
        • Assessing Private Annuities
        • Assessing Overseas Annuities
    • 10.3 Business Structures and Trusts
      • 10.3.1 Overview of Business Structures and Trusts
      • 10.3.2 Assessing the Income and Assets of Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • General Provisions for Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • Assessment of Income for Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • Allowable Deductions for Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • Assessment of Business Losses for Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • Assessable Income for Partnerships Only
        • Summary of Assessable Income for Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • Assessment of Assets for Sole Traders
        • Assessment of Assets for Partnerships
        • Summary of Assessable Assets of Sole Traders and Partnerships
        • Summary of Assessable Assets of Sole Traders Only
        • Summary of Assessable Assets of Partnerships Only
      • 10.3.3 Assessing the Income & Assets from Private Companies pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Income from Private Companies pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Assets from Private Companies & Unlisted Public Companies
        • Treatment of Assessable Assets - Private & Unlisted Public Companies - Not Assessed under New T & C Rules
      • 10.3.4 Assessing the Income & Assets from Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • General Provisions for Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Income from Discretionary Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Assets from Discretionary Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Income from Non-discretionary Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Assets from Non-discretionary Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Summary of Assessable Income from Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Assessable Income and Assets from Statutory Trusts pre 01/01/2002
        • Other Trust Matters pre 01/01/2002
      • 10.3.5 Assessing the Income & Assets from Primary Production
        • Assessable Income & Assets from Primary Production
        • Primary Production Aggregation Assessment for Sole Traders & Partnerships
        • Primary Production Aggregation Assessment for Companies & Trusts
      • 10.3.6 Attribution Guidelines for Private Trusts & Private Companies - From 01/01/2002
        • Designated Private Company
        • Designated private trust
        • Controlled Private Company
        • Controlled Private Trust
        • The Source Test
        • Associate Rule
      • 10.3.7 Attribution Percentage & Derivation and Attribution Period - From 01/01/2002
        • Attribution Percentage
        • Derivation & Attribution Period
      • 10.3.8 Other Trust Matters - From 01/01/2002
        • Discretionary Trust, Rural Succession Trust, and Fixed Unit Trust
        • Testamentary Trust
        • Life Interest and Remainder Interest
        • Protective Trust
        • Constructive Trust and Implied Trust
        • Excluded Trust
        • Assessable Income & Assets from a Court-Ordered (Statutory) Trust
      • 10.3.9 Assessing the Assets of a Private Trust or Company - From 01/01/2002
        • Valuation of the Assets of a Designated Private Trust & Company
        • An Excluded Asset of a Controlled Private Trust or Company
        • Security of Tenure - Home owned by a Private Company or Trust
        • Homeowner & Non-Homeowner where Home is owned by a Private Company or Trust
      • 10.3.10 Liabilities of a Private Trust or Company - From 01/01/2002
        • Non-Recognised Liabilities of a Controlled Private Company or Trust
        • Recognised Liabilities of a Controlled Private Company or Trust
        • Apportioning a Liability of a Controlled Private Company or Trust
      • 10.3.11 Assessment of Capital Injection to a Private Trust or Company - From 01/01/2002
        • Capital Injection in Return for Equity in a Private Trust or Company
        • Gifting to a Private Trust or Company
        • Gifting private trust units where the only trust asset is the pensioner's principal home
      • 10.3.12 Assessing the Income of & Distributions from a Private Trust or Company - From 01/01/2002
        • Income Attribution
        • Allowable & Non-allowable Income Deductions
        • Distribution of the Capital of a Private Trust or Company
        • Distribution of capital on wind-up of a private trust or company
        • Distribution of the Income of a Private Trust or Company to an Attributable Stakeholder
        • Retained Profits and Adjustments for Non-Allowable Deductions
        • Distribution of the Income of a Private Trust or Company to a Non-attributable Stakeholder
      • 10.3.13 Reassessment & Overpayments for a Private Trust or Company - From 01/01/2002
        • Reassessment of a Controlled Private Trust or Company
        • Examples of Possible Reasons for a Reassessment
        • Overpayment relating to a Controlled Private Trust or Company
      • 10.3.14 Resignation from a Private Trust or Company
        • Resignation from a Controlled Private Trust or Company on or after 1 January 2002
        • Resignation from a Controlled Private Trust or Company before 1 January 2002
      • 10.3.15 Deprivation Provisions for Private Trusts or Companies
        • Disposal of Assets to a Private Trust or Company before 1 January 2002
        • Disposal of Assets to a Private Trust or Company on or after 1 January 2002
        • Disposal of the Assets of a Private Trust or Company on or after 1 January 2002
        • Concessions for a Pensioner Surrendering Control of a Private Company or Trust before 1 April 2002
      • 10.3.16 Primary Production Private Trust & Company Issues - From 01/01/2002
        • Aggregation Assessment of a Controlled Primary Production Private Trust & Company
        • Qualification Provisions for the Primary Production Concession
        • Example of Primary Production Concession & other Related Issues
        • Other Primary Production Issues
      • 10.3.17 Additional Privacy Guidelines for a Private Trust or Company
      • 10.3.18 Assessment - Special Disability Trusts
        • Overview of Assessment - Special Disability Trusts
        • Eligibility of the Principal Beneficiary
        • Trust Purpose
        • Assessment of Income and Assets for SDT
        • Gifting to Special Disability Trusts
      • 10.3.19 Rules and Requirements - Special Disability Trusts
        • Overview of Rules and Requirements - Special Disability Trusts
        • Trustee Requirements
        • Transitional Trusts
        • Reporting Requirements
        • Non-complying SDT
        • Waiver
        • Investment Rules
        • Expenditure Rules
        • Audit Requirements
        • Obligations in Relation to Special Disability Trusts
    • 10.4 Superannuation Funds
      • 10.4.1 Overview of Superannuation Funds
      • 10.4.2 Description of Superannuation
        • What is Superannuation?
        • Types of Superannuation Funds
      • 10.4.3 Assessment of Superannuation Benefits
        • General Provisions for Assessing Superannuation
        • Early Release of Superannuation Benefits
        • General Provisions for Assessing Withdrawals of Superannuation Benefits
        • Treatment of Non-Pensioner Partner's Superannuation Investments
    • 10.5 Income Streams
      • 10.5.1 Overview of Income Streams
      • 10.5.2 Description of Income Streams
        • Asset-Test Exempt Income Streams - Lifetime
        • Asset-Test Exempt Income Streams - Life Expectancy
        • Asset-Test Exempt Income Streams - Market Linked
        • Asset-Test Exempt Income Streams - Defined Benefit
        • Asset-Tested Income Streams
        • Asset-tested Income Streams - Lifetime
        • Family Law Affected Income Streams
      • 10.5.3 General Provisions for Assessing Income Streams
        • Additional Rules Regarding Commutation
        • Exemptions from the Income Stream Provisions
        • Determining what Proportion of an Asset Test Exempt Income Stream is Exempt
        • Other Rules Regarding Income Streams
      • 10.5.4 Income and Assets Assessment of Income Streams
        • Income Assessment of Defined Benefit Income Streams
        • Examples of Defined Benefit Income Stream Assessment
        • Income Assessment of Purchased Income Streams
        • Assets Assessment of Defined Benefit and Purchased Income Streams
        • Means Test Assessment of Asset-tested Income Streams - Lifetime
      • 10.5.5 Special Provisions Regarding Self Managed Superannuation Funds and Small APRA Funds
        • Description of Self Managed Superannuation Funds and Small APRA Funds
        • Additional Documentation Required from Self Managed Superannuation Funds and Small APRA Funds
        • Return of Purchase Price and Deprivation
        • Assessment where Fund Closes or is in Financial Difficulty
      • 10.5.6 Special Provisions Regarding Family Law Affected Income Streams
        • General Provisions for Family Law Affected Income Streams
        • Percentage Payment Splits - Asset Test Exempt Income Streams
        • Percentage Payment Splits - Asset-tested Long Term Income Streams
        • Percentage Payment Splits - Allocated Products and Market Linked Income Streams
        • Percentage Payment Splits - Defined Benefit Income Streams
        • Percentage Payment Splits - Lifetime Income Streams
        • Base Amount Payment Splits - Asset-test Exempt Income Streams
        • Base Amount Payment Splits - Asset-tested Long Term Income Streams
        • Base Amount Payment Splits - Allocated Products and Market Linked Income Streams
        • Base Amount Payment Splits - Defined Benefit Income Streams
        • Base Amount Payment Split - Lifetime Income Streams
      • 10.5.7 Life Expectancy Tables, Pension Valuation Factors and Payment Factors
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/01/2015
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2014
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/01/2005 to 31/12/2009
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/01/2000 to 31/12/2004
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/01/96 to 31/12/99
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/05/93 to 31/12/95
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/09/88 to 30/04/93
        • Table of Life Expectancy for Income Streams with a Commencement Day on or after 01/07/83 to 31/08/88
        • Pension Valuation Factors for Defined Benefit Income Streams
        • Payment Factors for Market Linked Income Streams
        • Payment Factors for Allocated Income Streams
    • 10.6 Maintenance Income
      • 10.6.1 Overview of Maintenance Income
      • 10.6.2 Child and Spousal Maintenance Income
      • 10.6.3 Documentary Requirements - Spousal Maintenance Agreements
      • 10.6.4 Assessment and Review of Maintenance
      • 10.6.5 Capitalised Maintenance
  • Part 12 Compliance and Obligations
    • 12.1 Recipient Obligations
      • 12.1.1 Overview of Recipient Obligations
      • 12.1.2 Importance of Obligations
      • 12.1.3 Power to Impose Obligations
      • 12.1.4 Requirements for Imposing Obligations
        • Legal Requirements for Section 54 Obligations
        • Time Frame for Response - Notification Period
      • 12.1.5 Failure to Meet Obligations
        • Penalties for Failure to Meet Obligations
        • Person Unable to Comply with Obligations
    • 12.2 Information Gathering Powers
      • 12.2.1 Overview of Information Gathering Powers
      • 12.2.2 Power to Request Information
        • Who can we Request Information From?
        • What Information can we gather?
        • How can we Gather Information?
      • 12.2.3 Using the Correct Information Gathering Powers
      • 12.2.4 Requirements for Information Gathering
      • 12.2.5 Non-compliance with Notices
    • 12.3 Data Matching
      • 12.3.1 Overview of Data Matching
      • 12.3.2 Data Matching Program
      • 12.3.3 Tax File Number for Data Matching
      • 12.3.4 Exclusion/Exemption from Supplying Tax File Number
    • 12.4 Exchange of Information with Other Departments
      • 12.4.1 Overview of Exchange of Information with Other Departments
      • 12.4.2 Exchange of Information with Centrelink/Services Australia
    • 12.5 Reviews and Appeals
      • 12.5.1 Overview of Income Support Reviews and Appeals
      • 12.5.2 Income Support and Review of Decisions by the Repatriation Commission
        • Circumstances Where Commission May Review Decisions
        • Review Relating to a Deceased Person
        • Applications for Review
        • Processing Requests for Review
      • 12.5.3 Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for Income Support Matters
        • Applications for Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
        • DVA's Obligations Towards Application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
        • Hearings and Decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
      • 12.5.4 Federal Court and Income Support Matters
      • 12.5.5 Overview of Reviews and Appeals for Veterans' Compensation Matters
      • 12.5.6 Veterans' Compensation and Review of Decisions by the Repatriation Commission
        • Circumstances Where Commission May Review Decisions
        • Reviews Under Section 31
        • Review Relating to a Deceased Person
        • Applications for Review
        • Processing Requests for Review
      • 12.5.7 Review by the Veterans' Review Board (VRB)
        • What Decisions can the Veterans' Review Board (VRB) Review?
        • Applications for Review by the Veterans' Review Board (VRB)
        • Veterans' Review Board (VRB) Hearings
      • 12.5.8 Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for Veterans' Compensation Matters
        • Applications for Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
        • DVA's Obligations Towards Application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
        • Hearings and Decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
      • 12.5.9 Federal Court and Veterans' Compensation Matters
      • 12.5.10 The Commonwealth Ombudsman
      • 12.5.11 Freedom of Information
    • 12.6 Overpayments
      • 12.6.1 Recovery
        • The principles of recovery
        • Overpayment letters / notices
        • Limits on recovery
        • Preferred methods of recovery
        • Penalties
        • Alternative methods of recovery
        • Anomalous situations
      • 12.6.2 Deferral of a debt
      • 12.6.3 Write off
      • 12.6.4 Waiver
    • 12.7 Specific and Compliance Reviews
      • 12.7.1 Overview of Specific and Compliance Reviews
      • 12.7.2 Specific Reviews
      • 12.7.3 Compliance Reviews
      • 12.7.4 Departmental Initiated Reviews and Actions
  • Part 13 Education Schemes Policy Manual
    • 13.1 Purpose and Administration
      • 13.1.1 Purpose of the Education Schemes
      • 13.1.2 Legislation
      • 13.1.3 Administration of the Education Schemes
    • 13.2 Eligibility
      • 13.2.1 Eligibility under the VCES
        • 13.2.1.1 Who is a ‘child’ under the VEA?
        • 13.2.1.2 Eligibility for children of Vietnam veterans assessed as ‘vulnerable’
        • 13.2.1.3 Eligibility for dependent children of Defence members covered under SRCA, or severely injured or killed in the Black Hawk Helicopter Accident
      • 13.2.2 Eligibility under the MRCAETS
        • 13.2.2.1 Who is a Dependant under MRCAETS
      • 13.2.3 Who can make a claim under the Education Schemes?
      • 13.2.4 Place of Study
      • 13.2.5 Course Coverage
        • 13.2.5.1 Part Time Study
        • 13.2.5.2 Minimum Duration of a Course of Study
      • 13.2.6 Effect of other assistance on eligibility
        • 13.2.6.1 Mutually Exclusive Payments
        • 13.2.6.2 Services Australia Clearances
        • 13.2.6.3 Orphans
      • 13.2.7 Allowances mutually exclusive
    • 13.3 Education Allowances and Taxation under the Education Schemes
      • 13.3.1 Allowances for Primary Students
      • 13.3.2 Allowances for Secondary and Tertiary students living at home
      • 13.3.3 Allowances for Secondary students living away from home
        • 13.3.3.1 Online courses and the living away from home rate
        • 13.3.3.2 Overseas study
        • 13.3.3.3 Effect of marriage or de facto relationships on living away from home rate
      • 13.3.4 Allowances for Tertiary students (including Apprentices, Trainees and cadets) living away from home
        • 13.3.4.1 Online courses and the living away from home rate
        • 13.3.4.2 Overseas study
        • 13.3.4.3 Effect of marriage or de facto relationships on living away from home rate
        • 13.3.4.4 Establishing a de facto relationship
      • 13.3.5 Allowances for Homeless students
      • 13.3.6 Double Orphan Rate
      • 13.3.7 Indexing education allowances
      • 13.3.8 Taxation Under the Education Schemes
        • 13.3.8.1 Tax withholding under VCES
        • 13.3.8.2 Tax withholding under MRCAETS
        • 13.3.8.3 Tax withholding for non-Australian residents
      • 13.3.9 Who may an education allowance be paid to
        • 13.3.9.1 Students Living At Home
        • 13.3.9.2 Students Living Away From Home
        • 13.3.9.3 Homeless students
        • 13.3.9.4 Payments where there is Shared Care of a child/ren
    • 13.4 Commencing and Varying Benefits
      • 13.4.1 Commencement of assistance under the Schemes
        • 13.4.1.1 Students transferring from FTB to DVA Education Schemes upon the completion of high school / the commencement of tertiary studies
      • 13.4.2 Date of effect rules
        • 13.4.2.3 Date of Effect Rules – Continuing students
        • 13.4.2.1 Date of Effect Rules – change in circumstances
        • 13.4.2.2 Date of Effect Rules – student reapplying for benefits after a break in study
        • 13.4.2.4 Date of Effect Rules – Students eligible on medical grounds
      • 13.4.3 Absences from study for primary and secondary students
      • 13.4.4 Cessation of Assistance under the Education Schemes
        • 13.4.4.1 Medical Certificates
        • 13.4.4.2 Commission considers that a student’s progress is unsatisfactory
        • 13.4.4.3 Ceasing Letters
      • 13.4.5 Overpayments
    • 13.5 Other Education Scheme Benefits
      • 13.5.1 Guidance, Counselling and Country Visits
      • 13.5.2 Fares Allowance
      • 13.5.3 Additional Tuition
      • 13.5.4 Special Assistance
      • 13.5.5 Rent Assistance
        • 13.5.5.1 Board
        • 13.5.5.2 Share accommodation
        • 13.5.5.3 Boarding schools and university residences
        • 13.5.5.4 Residence owned by Government housing authority
        • 13.5.5.5 Residence owned by parents
        • 13.5.5.6 Rent verification
        • 13.5.5.7 Frequency of rent verification
        • 13.5.5.8 Start date of Rent Assistance
        • 13.5.5.9 Examples of Sharing
    • 13.6 Other Assistance
      • 13.6.1 Energy Payments
      • 13.6.2 Family Tax Benefit (FTB)
        • 13.6.2.1 Effect of Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and B on VCES/MRCAETS Benefits
      • 13.6.3 Child Dental Benefits Schedule
      • 13.6.4 Schoolkids Bonus
        • 13.6.4.1 Overview of Schoolkids Bonus (ceased December 2016)
        • 13.6.4.2 Definitions for Schoolkids Bonus (ceased December 2016)
        • 13.6.4.3 Eligibility for Schoolkids Bonus (ceased December 2016)
        • 13.6.4.4 Receiving the Schoolkids Bonus (ceased December 2016)
        • 13.6.4.5 Payment Amounts for Schoolkids Bonus (ceased December 2016)
        • 13.6.4.6 Payment Errors for Schoolkids Bonus (ceased December 2016)
        • 13.6.4.7 Income Management for Schoolkids Bonus
        • 13.6.4.8 Legislative References for Schoolkids Bonus
      • 13.6.5 Income Support Bonus
        • 13.6.5.1 Eligibility for Income Support Bonus
        • 13.6.5.2 Receiving the Income Support Bonus
        • 13.6.5.3 Department of Human Services (DHS) Income Support Bonus
        • 13.6.5.4 Recoveries for Income Support Bonus
        • 13.6.5.5 Legislative References for Income Support Bonus
      • 13.6.6 Coronavirus Supplement
    • 13.7 Other Assistance (Historic)
      • 13.7.1 Education Tax Refund (ETR) Administrative Scheme
    • 13.8 Scholarships for Tertiary Students
      • 13.8.1 Student Start-up Scholarship
      • 13.8.2 Relocation Scholarship
      • 13.8.3 Scholarship Amounts
        • 13.8.3.1 Initial scholarship amount
        • 13.8.3.2 Intermediate rate scholarship amount
        • 13.8.3.3 On-going rate
        • 13.8.3.4 Timing of the scholarship payments
        • 13.8.3.5 Indexation of scholarship payments
      • 13.8.4 What is an Approved Scholarship Course?
      • 13.8.5 Students who do not commence the course
      • 13.8.6 Students who are not undertaking the course after 35 days
    • 13.9 Bequests and Trusts
      • 13.9.1 Determination of Use of Funds
      • 13.9.2 Scholarships
      • 13.9.3 Long Tan Bursary
  • Part 14 Defence, Veterans' and Families' Acute Support Package
    • 14.1 Purpose of the ASP
      • 14.1.1 Policy Intent of the Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package
      • 14.1.2 Legislation
      • 14.1.3 Program management
    • 14.2 ASP Intake
      • 14.2.1 Referrals to the Acute Support Package
    • 14.3 Eligibility
      • 14.3.1 Widowed partners
      • 14.3.3 Family Members
    • 14.4 Needs Assessment
    • 14.5 Services Available
      • 14.5.1 Child Care
      • 14.5.2 Counselling
      • 14.5.3 Household Assistance
      • 14.5.4 Services to build capacity
      • 14.5.5 Wellbeing, Academic and Extracurricular Support for Children
      • 14.5.6 Equipment and Transport for Activities Under the Package
    • 14.6 Periods of Assistance
    • 14.7 Maximum Amount of Assistance
    • 14.8 Support Plan
      • 14.8.1 How a Plan is Developed
      • 14.8.2 What Goes in a Plan?
      • 14.8.3 What’s an Eligible Service Type?
      • 14.8.4 What is Appropriate to Fund?
      • 14.8.5 What evidence is required?
      • 14.8.6 What services are not appropriate to fund?
      • 14.8.7 What is an appropriate provider?
      • 14.8.8 Approving a plan
      • 14.8.9 Amending a plan
      • 14.8.10 Pausing supports
      • 14.8.11 Closing a plan
    • 14.9 Payment for Services
      • 14.9.1 Pay providers directly
      • 14.9.2 Provide funds direct to recipient
      • 14.9.3 Reimbursement
      • 14.9.4 Recovery of payment where there is fraud
    • 14.10 Transition of Existing FSP Recipients
    • 14.11 Review of decisions
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