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Student allowance rates and thresholds : Contents

Previous parental income limits

Below are the Student Allowance annual parental income thresholds and cut-out points for the relevant tax year from 1 April 1999.

Date

Threshold

Living at home cut-out point

Living away from home cut-out point

1 April 2025

$69,935.32

$127,701.81

$137,187.86

31 July 2024

$68,413.80

$124,922.46

$134,204.31

1 April 2024

$68,413.80

$124,474.45

$133,756.29

1 April 2023

$65,370.76

$118,936.35

$127,808.07

1 April 2022

$60,968.96

$110,928.72

$119,202.07

1 April 2021

$57,545.28

$99,792.43

$107,599.98

1 April 2020

$56,888.52

$98,653.52

$106,371.71

1 April 2019

$55,958.24

$97,040.03

$104,631.64

1 April 2018

$55,027.96

$95,428.40

$102,893.42

1 January 2018
(see Note 1 below)

$55,027.96

$94,884.82

$102,249.31

1 April 2017

$55,027.96

$84,484.06

$91,850.41

1 April 2016

$55,027.96

$84,163.86

$91,448.30

1 April 2015

$55,027.96

$84,163.86

$91,448.30

1 April 2014

$55,027.96

$84,016.80

$91,264.01

1 April 2013

$55,027.96

$83,622.14

$90,770.68

1 April 2012

$55,027.96

$83,449.01

$90,554.74

1 April 2011

$55,027.96

$82,953.82

$89,936.68

1 April 2010

$53,038.96

$79,956.76

$86,685.30

1 April 2009

$52,019.24

$78,418.34

$85,017.66

1 January 2009

$50,318.32

$75,855.32

$82,237.80

1 April 2008

$45,743.88

$71,280.88

$77,663.36

1 January 2008

$44,333.64

$69,082.11

$75,270.11

1 April 2007

$40,303.12

$65,050.96

$71,238.96

1 January 2007

$39,369.52

$63,385.40

$69,413.24

1 April 2006

$35,699.56

$59,815.08

$65,842.92

1 April 2005

$34,606.00

$56,457.00

$62,148.00

1 April 2000

$28,079.00

$45,760.00

$50,752.00

1 April 1999

$27,872.00

$45,760.00

$50,752.00

Note 1

There was a one-off increase of $50 (and $100 for particular couple rates) to the net Student Allowance rates (with a tax code of "M") from 1 January 2018. Because the gross rates of Student Allowances increased, the cut-out points also increased

Current limits

For the current limits see:

The relevant tax year is the tax year that is most current to when the student:

whichever is the later.

Example 1

If a student starts study in and is approved Student Allowance for February 2018, the parental income that would need to be assessed should be for the tax year 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, as this is the "relevant ...