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Payment choices for families:

If you are at risk of being overpaid your Family Tax Benefit or Child Care Benefit, there are payment choices available to help you.

All payment choices available have been designed to suit varying family circumstances to reduce the potential of being overpaid.

Families most at risk of being overpaid are those who get their Family Tax Benefit as fortnightly payments or Child Care Benefit as reduced child care fees, which are worked out using your family's annual income estimate.

If you would like to know more about payment options available to reduce the risk of being overpaid, select one of the publications below, or telephone the Family Assistance Office on 13 6150.

• Family Assistance Office Guide to Payments Factsheet - information on eligibility criteria and rates of payment for all Family Assistance Office payments.
• The What, Why and How of Family Assistance Booklet - information about extra support to help with the cost of raising children, and to help balance work and family needs.

There are also a range of services available online where you can update your income estimate, or use the Family Assistance Estimator to work out what you may be entitled to.

• Update Family Income Estimate - a simpler way to update your income estimate online.
• Family Assistance Estimator - this estimator works out your possible entitlement to family assistance and the likely effect on your entitlement of a change in your family's circumstances.