Payment

Once eligibility has been established, MSD must assess the amount of Funeral Grant that can be paid.

The amount of Funeral Grant payable is the lesser of the:

• reasonable funeral expenses that cannot be met by the total assessable assets or
• the maximum Funeral Grant

The maximum Funeral Grant that can be paid to meet reasonable funeral expenses is $2,697.43 (as at 1 April 2026).

Note there is no time limit on when a Funeral Grant application must be made following a person's death.

Funeral Grant must be assessed using the following regardless of when the application was submitted:

• the deceased person's family circumstances on the date of death
• the deceased person's assessable estate, before the distribution of assets.

The income limits and asset exemptions that were current on the date of death must be used when completing the Funeral Grant assessment.