To be eligible, you need to:
- use approved or registered child care
- be responsible for paying the child care fees for your child
- ensure your child is immunised, on an immunisation catch up schedule, or is exempt from the immunisation requirements, and
- meet the residence requirements
To receive more than a zero rate of Child Care Benefit you must meet the income test.
Other factors can affect your Child Care Benefit, including:
- your child starting school
- changes to income
- entering a salary sacrifice arrangement with your employer in which some or all of your child care fees are paid for you
- one of your children stops using care
- you or your partner no longer meeting the Work, Training, Study test, and
- your work, training or study related commitments
Payment can be up to:
- approved care rate:
- non-school age is $4.30 per child, per hour. Or $215 a week
- school age children is 85% of non-school aged rates
- registered care rate:
- non-school age is $0.719 per child, per hour up to 50 hours. Or $35.95 a week
- school age children is 85% of non-school aged rates
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