Charging information share Child Support payments as income

The abatement rules for Young Parent Payment are different based on the type of income young parents are getting.

If a young person gets information share Child Support payments, any other types of income they get are counted first.

If their other income is below the income cut-out point, income from information share Child Support payments will gradually reduce their benefit until the rate of payment is zero.

Young parents (and their partner if any) can get up to $284.70 gross income per week (as at 1 April 2026) before it will affect their benefit.

If a young person (and their partner if any) is getting information share Child Support payments, the abatement rules are:

For a young parent who is single:

• if their other income is below $334.70, their benefit will reduce by $1.00 for every $1.00 of total income (including information share Child Support payments) over $284.70 gross per week until their benefit is reduced to zero (as at 1 April 2026)
• if their other income is more than $334.70 gross per week their benefit stops

For young people who are married, in a civil union or de facto relationship and both are getting Young Parent Payment in their own right:

• if their combined other income is below $384.70, each of their benefits will reduce by 50 cents for every $1.00 of combined total income (including information share Child Support payments) of the young person and their partner over $284.70 gross per week until their benefit is reduced to zero (as at 1 April 2026)
• if their combined other income is more than $384.70 gross per week their benefits stop

For young people who are married, in a civil union or de facto relationship and only one of them is getting Young Parent Payment:

• when their combined other income is below $384.70, their Young Parent Payment will reduce by 50 cents for every $1.00 of combined total income (including information share Child Support payments) of the young person and their partner over $284.70 gross per week until their benefit is reduced to zero
• if their combined other income is more than $384.70 gross per week their benefit will stop