Find out what income we use to calculate your household income.
Household income
We assess FamilyBoost in quarterly periods. This means you may be able to get FamilyBoost in 1 quarter, but not the next.
You will not be eligible for FamilyBoost in a quarter if your household income is:
- $45,000 or more in a quarter ending before 1 July 2025
- $57,286 or more in a quarter ending after 1 July 2025.
If your income is taxed before you get it (like salary and wages), we’ll use your income from the relevant quarter to work out your household income.
If you get other income (like self-employed income or schedular payments), we’ll use your latest income tax return. We will divide the income in your return by 4 to get your quarterly income amount.
We will use the greater of the 2 if you earn income taxed at the source as well as other income.
If you or your partner file an Income tax return – IR3 or were issued an income tax assessment, this needs to be completed before your FamilyBoost claim can be processed.
You also need to file overdue income tax returns before you can claim FamilyBoost.
Before submitting your claim, you can check and update the income sources or types that we hold for you in myIR.
FamilyBoost claims are considered final at the time of assessment. There will be no change to your claim if your income is different at the end of the year or a more recent return is filed.
Other payments and subsidies
You can claim FamilyBoost if you get a benefit, pension, prize money or subsidies.
Prize money
We assess FamilyBoost using taxable income. Generally, winnings from raffles, Lotto or prizes are not taxable, and so will not affect your FamilyBoost claim.
Subsidies
If you get other subsidies to help with your childcare, like the Childcare Subsidy from Work and Income, you can only claim FamilyBoost for any extra costs. You cannot claim for costs already covered by a subsidy.