Income - non-beneficiaries
A non-beneficiary may be able to receive Accommodation Supplement. There is a formula to work out how a non-beneficiary's income changes their entitlement to Accommodation Supplement.
Note employment and work readiness assistance is disregarded as income in the assessment of Accommodation Supplement.
How much Accommodation Supplement the person is eligible for will depend on their level of income. Use the following chart to help work out the amount payable.
Income before tax | $ |
Determine non-beneficiary income threshold | |
Less: non-beneficiary income threshold | $ |
Equals | $ |
Round down to the nearest whole dollar | $ |
Multiplied by 25% or 0.25 | $ |
Reduce the Accommodation Supplement payable by this total | $.................... |
Calculating the Accommodation Supplement before income reduction
Accommodation costs | $ |
Less cost of part of property not lived in | $ |
Less accommodation income | $ |
$ | |
Less entry threshold | $ |
Equals | $ |
The client is eligible for up to 70% of (x) | $................ |
Note use the maximum Accommodation Supplement payable if 70% is greater than the maximum Accommodation Supplement payable.
Accommodation Supplement payable after income reduction
Accommodation Supplement | $ |
Less reduction due to income | $ |
Equals | $ |
Round up to the nearest dollar | $ |
Accommodation Supplement payable | $.................... |
Remember if a non-beneficiary has no income the Accommodation Supplement payable is rounded-up once the amount payable is calculated from the weekly qualifying accommodation cost less the relevant threshold multiplied by 70% or 0.70.
For more information see:
Legislation
- Income-based reductions to assessed base rate for non-beneficiary regulation 18 Social Security Regulations 2018
