Shared care - standard costs
When family tax credit is paid for any shared custody arrangements of any child, the family tax credit included in the standard costs is 70% of the total amount of family tax credit payable in respect of that child regardless of whether the caregiver gets a full or partial payment of family tax credit.
For example, if family tax credit is payable for a child who is in the care of a person for 3/7 days, then the full unabated family tax credit for 7 days is used to calculate standard costs even if the person is only caring for the child 3 days of the period.
Standard costs Benefit | Standard costs family tax credit | |
Non-beneficiary married, civil union or de facto couple with 1 dependent child (aged 5) and a child (aged 7) who is in the client's care for 3 days per week under a shared custody arrangement (The couple get a full rate of family tax credit for one child and an apportioned rate of family tax credit for the other). | 70% of the net rate of unabated Jobseeker Support for a married, civil union or de facto couple (with children) | 70% of full unabated rate of family tax credit for 2 children aged 5 and 7 years |
A client getting Sole Parent Support for a dependent child (aged 9) who is in the client's care for 5 days per week under a shared custody arrangement. The client gets an apportioned rate of family tax credit. | 70% of the net rate of unabated Sole Parent Support | 70% of full unabated rate of family tax credit for 1 child aged 9. |
A single client getting Jobseeker Support who has a child aged 10 in their care for 3 days per week under a shared custody arrangement. The client gets an apportioned rate of family tax credit. | 70% of the net rate of unabated Jobseeker Support for a single person. | 70% of full unabated rate of family tax credit for 1 child aged 10 |
A single client getting Jobseeker Support who has a child aged 7 in their care for 1 day per week under a shared custody arrangement. The client does not get family tax credit. | 70% of the net rate of unabated Jobseeker Support for a single person. | Nil (no family tax credit is payable) |
Legislation
- Temporary additional support: standard costs schedule 3 Social Security Regulations 2018
