Taxable/Non-Taxable

Reproduced from Centrelink's "A Guide to Australian Government Payments 1 January - 19 March 2010"

Taxable

  • Age Pension
  • Disability Support Pension (for people of Age Pension age)
  • Widow B Pension
  • Carer Payment (if carer or person being cared for is of Age Pension age)
  • Wife Pension (if wife or husband of Age Pension age)
  • Parenting Payment
  • Bereavement Allowance
  • Newstart Allowance
  • Widow Allowance
  • Sickness Allowance
  • Special Benefit
  • Youth Allowance
  • Partner Allowance
  • Austudy Payment
  • ABSTUDY Living Allowance
  • Pension Supplement Basic Amount
  • Education Entry Payment


Non-Taxable

  • Disability Support Pension (if under Age Pension age)
  • Wife Pension (if both spouses are under Age Pension age)
  • Carer Payment (if carer and person being cared for are both under Age Pension age)
  • Family Tax Benefit Part A (including Rent Assistance and Multiple Birth Allowance)
  • Family Tax Benefit Part B
  • Carer Allowance
  • Youth Disability Supplement
  • Student Financial Supplement Scheme
  • Fares Allowance
  • Double Orphan Pension
  • Mobility Allowance
  • Pharmaceutical Allowance
  • Remote Area Allowance (offsets the Zone Tax Rebate)
  • Rent Assistance
  • Telephone Allowance
  • Utilities Allowance
  • Seniors Concession Allowance
  • Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme allowances
  • Pensioner Education Supplement
  • ABSTUDY supplementary benefits
  • Baby Bonus
  • Pension Bonus Scheme
  • Pension Loans Scheme
  • Large Family Supplement
  • Maternity Immunisation Allowance
  • Child Care Benefit
  • Crisis Payment
  • Tax Exempt Pension Supplement

Note: The tax treatment of payments made during a bereavement period may differ due to special rules that apply.


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