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Income and Assets Tests for Special Benefit:

Special Benefit is subject to an Income Test and Assets Test as shown below. These income and assets tests are effective from 1 July 2008.

Income Test:

  • No free area, benefit reduced by one dollar for each one dollar of income.

For more information about the different forms of income that are assessed by Centrelink go to Income information.

Assets test:

For more information about which assets are assessed by Centrelink go to Assets information.

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