Treatment of income

When a client (or their partner) is receiving Young Parent Payment and declares any income, the following information is required:

• determine the source and the amount of income
• check the client still qualifies for Young Parent Payment and meets the youth activity obligations
• check the client's income is below the cut-out point
• check the period over which to charge income
• review the rate of payment, see Income test and Income change
• review any Extra help Effect of income on Extra help
• check any Exemption for severe disablement

For information on how to charge specific types of income for example, Accident Compensation Payments and employment related income see: Types of income

When a client (or their partner) advises that they have commenced employment, you will need to find out more specific information about their employment. See: Income from employment

Where a benefit is stopped (suspended or expired) and the client has declared income for a period where no benefit has been paid, determine the client's entitlement to benefit first and then charge the income accordingly.

For more information see:

• Calculating the benefit rate
• Processing standards Income and asset details [no link find out why]
• To or from overseas Payments from Overseas