Jobseeker Support : Contents
Family tax credit
Young partners receiving Jobseeker Support will be paid family tax credit along with their benefit. They cannot receive it from Inland Revenue.
Family tax credit can only be paid to one person in a couple. Generally it is paid to the primary caregiver.
Inland Revenue is responsible for establishing and recovering any debt created.
Note a young partner cannot review the decision on how their portion of Jobseeker Support is paid to them.
Legislation
- Required manner of payment: money management for certain payments to young people section 341(3)(b) Social Security Act 2018
- Payment generally to, or on account of, beneficiary personally section 339 Social Security Act 2018
- Money management for certain payments to young people: exception if young person meets prescribed criteria for managing own payments section 342 Social Security Act 2018
