Family tax benefit – Update on claiming
From 1 July 2009 claims for the Family Tax Benefit Part A and B can no longer be made on the annual income tax return (2009 and previous year claims).
Administration of the system has been reformed. As such your ARW Tax Agent will no longer be able to process the claim as part of your personal annual income tax return lodgement.
Claims can now be made either:
- Directly with the Family Assistance Office online at www.familyassist.gov.au; or
- In paper form available at Centrelink and Medicare offices.
After your personal income tax return has been lodged, end of year top-up adjustments will also be paid directly by the Family Assistance Office. The exception to this will be when the Notice of Assessment results in a final tax debt: top-up payments will be credited up to the amount of the debt.
