Temporary Additional Support : Contents

• Introduction
• Qualifications
  • Clients who cannot get Temporary Additional Support
    • Dependent child
      • Dependent children, young parents and the child's parent or step parent examples
  • Residency
    • Refugees, protected persons or residence applicants
• Cash assets test
  • Cash assets
  • KiwiSaver and superannuation scheme account contributions
  • Pre-paid funeral expenses
• Formula for Temporary Additional Support
• Before 1 July 2021 - Formula for Temporary Additional Support
• Chargeable income
  • Extra help charged as income
  • Income that is not chargeable
  • Working for Families Tax Credits
    • Clients getting a main benefit
    • Clients not getting a main benefit
    • Abated Working for Families Tax Credits
    • Year end Working for Families Tax Credits
    • Estimating weekly Working for Families Tax Credits
    • Shared care - family tax credit and Best Start tax credit
• Allowable costs
  • Essential household items
    • Essential household items list
    • Hire or rental essential household items
  • Consumer credit contract (hire purchase)
  • Formula-assessed Child Support costs
  • Revolving credit payments
    • Revolving credit payment calculation
      • Revolving credit payment calculation table
      • Examples of revolving credit payment calculation
  • Agreed period payments
    • Allowable cost limits
    • Telephone rental costs - essential household items
    • Vehicle repayments - essential household items
  • Employment-related costs
    • Childcare if the caregiver is working
    • Public Transport to work
    • Telephone rental costs for employment
    • Vehicle repayments - for employment
    • Vehicle running costs - for employment
  • Weekly qualifying accommodation costs
    • Rent
      • Rent includes service costs
      • Married, civil union or de facto couples in a joint tenancy
    • Board
    • Home ownership costs
      • Mortgage repayments
      • Body corporate fees
      • Essential repairs and maintenance
      • Repairs
      • Maintenance
    • Transitional housing contribution
    • Emergency housing contribution
    • Relocatable cabins, caravans, and motor homes
    • Idea Services residents and drug and alcohol abuse facilities
    • Retirement village
    • Retirement village residents with 'Licence to Occupy'
    • Rent to buy
    • Prisoners
  • Health and disability costs
    • Types of health and disability costs
      • Obtaining proof on behalf of clients
      • Restrictions on the information requested
    • Childcare if the caregiver is incapacitated
    • Dryer
    • Vehicle repayments - health and disability
    • Ambulance fees and subscriptions
    • Alternative treatment
    • Authorised consumables
    • Clothing
    • Day care for the older disabled people
    • Gardening, lawns and outside window cleaning
    • Gym and swimming pool fees
    • Medical alarms
      • Application process for medical alarm when client is not getting Disability Allowance
    • Medical fees
    • Power, gas and heating
    • Pharmaceutical charges
      • Pharmaceutical subsidies
      • Non-subsidised pharmaceuticals
    • Rental equipment
    • Special foods
      • Assessing additional food costs
    • Telephone rental costs - disability
    • Transport - disability
      • Special Education Transport
    • Transport - personal health
      • Proof of transport costs
    • Vitamins, supplements herbal remedies and minerals
  • Allowable costs not in client's name
• Reasonable steps
• Necessary steps
• Disposable income
• Standard costs
  • Non-beneficiaries
  • Orphans Benefit or Unsupported Childs Benefit
  • Shared care - standard costs
• Deficiency
• Clients with specific circumstances
  • Partner unlawfully resident in New Zealand or here temporarily
    • Example - partner unlawfully in New Zealand
  • Partner is overseas
    • Partner temporarily overseas
    • Partner overseas long-term
    • Example - partner overseas long-term
  • Partner does not qualify
    • Example - partner does not qualify
  • Partner gets a different main benefit
    • Example - partner gets a different main benefit
  • Full-time students
    • Full-time student's chargeable income
  • Striking workers
  • Self-employed clients
  • Single client in residential care
  • Partner in residential care
  • Orphans or Unsupported Childs Benefit is paid
    • Example - Orphans or Unsupported Childs Benefit is paid
• Payment
  • Period less than 13 weeks
  • Calculating the rate of Temporary Additional Support
  • Upper limit
  • Calculating the rate for certain refugees, protected persons or residence applicants
    • Example - refugees, protected persons or residence applicants
    • Upper limit for certain refugees, protected persons or residence applicants
  • Disability exception amount
    • Excess disability costs
    • Excess disability costs total
    • Excess total costs
    • Applicable excess costs
  • Surplus
  • Calculating the rate of payment
  • IRD number for client or partner who is apportioned assistance
• Commencement date
• Changes and Reviews - Temporary Additional Support
  • Absence from New Zealand
  • Change in accommodation
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
  • Change in accommodation income
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
  • Change in assets
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
  • Change in costs
    • Advises more than 14 days after the event
  • Change in family circumstances
    • Client's relationship ends
    • Client in new relationship
    • Client advises of a change more than 14 days after the event
  • Change in income
  • Child leaves sole parents care suddenly
  • Death of a client
    • Avoiding a debt
    • Terminal benefit
      • Terminal benefit rate
    • Death of a married, civil union or de facto client
    • Death of a dependent child
    • Client dies before grant or review
    • Debt recovery
    • Verification
  • Debt recovery maximum
    • Debt types not included
  • Deductions
    • Priority for deductions
    • Ministry of Social Development debt repayments
    • Debt Repayment Orders
    • Court attachment orders
      • Protected earnings rate
      • Court request for information
    • Student Loans
    • Inland Revenue deduction notices
  • Mismatch of accommodation income and accommodation costs
  • Transfers between benefits
  • IRD number for partner who is not apportioned assistance
    • Non-tax resident partner's IRD number not required
• Re-applying for Temporary Additional Support

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