Income and assets test

The following table provides information regarding income or assets tests for the payments provided by Centrelink. For more information about individual payments (including eligibility criteria) refer to the payment income and assets page.

Payment name	Income test	Assets test
ABSTUDY	Yes	Yes
AGDRP	No	No
Age Pension	Yes	Yes
Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme	Yes	No
Austudy	Yes	Yes
Baby Bonus	Yes	No
Bereavement Allowance	Yes	Yes
Carer Allowance (caring for a person 16 years or over)	No	No
Carer Allowance (caring for a child under 16 years)	No	No
Carer Payment (caring for a person 16 years or over)	Yes	Yes
Carer Payment (caring for a child under 16 years)	Yes	Yes
Child Care Benefit	Yes	No
Disability Support Pension	Yes	Yes
Double Orphan Pension	No	No
Family Tax Benefit Part A	Yes	No
Family Tax Benefit Part B	Yes	No
Maternity Immunisation Allowance	No	No
Mobility Allowance	No	No
Newstart Allowance	Yes	Yes
Parenting Payment	Yes	Yes
Partner Allowance	Yes	Yes
Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment	Yes	Yes
Pension Bonus Scheme	Yes	Yes
Pensioner Education Supplement	No	No
Pharmaceutical Allowance	No	No
Remote Area Allowance	No	No
Seniors Supplement	Yes	No
Sickness Allowance	Yes	Yes
Special Benefit	Yes	Yes
Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme	No	No
Telephone Allowance	No	No
Utilities Allowance	No	No
Widow Allowance	Yes	Yes
Widow B Pension	Yes	Yes
Wife Pension	Yes	Yes
Youth Allowance	Yes	Yes

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