Eligibility for Baby Bonus
Baby Bonus may be paid to families following the birth (including stillbirth) or adoption of a child who is born or enters your care on or after 1 January 2009, if:
For a child born or entering your care on or after 1 January 2009
- you are eligible for Family Tax Benefit for the child (disregarding the FTB income test) within 26 weeks of the child's birth or adopted child aged under 16 being entrusted to your care, or
- if you are claiming for a child other than your own, you started caring for the child within 26 weeks of the child's birth and you are likely to continue caring for the child for at least 26 weeks, and
- you have care of the child for at least 35% of the time or more, and
- you meet the residence requirements, and
- you meet the Baby Bonus income test, and
- you make the claim within 52 week's of the child's birth or adopted child coming into your care.
Registering the birth
- If you are the parent of a newborn child, you must register the child's birth as required by the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry in your State or Territory to be eligible for Baby Bonus.
This requirement does not apply if your child is stillborn, adopted or born outside Australia.
More information
