Family Tax Benefit

Family Tax Benefit (FTB) is a payment from Services Australia.

Who can get it

To get this you must:

• have a dependent child or full time secondary student aged 16 to 19 who isn’t getting a pension, payment or benefit like Youth Allowance
• care for the child for at least 35% of the time
• meet income and residency requirements.

There are 2 parts to FTB. Find out more about eligibility on the Services Australia website:

• FTB Part A eligibility
• FTB Part B eligibility.

Find out more about how much you can get on the Services Australia website.

How to get it

Claim online

You’ll need to link Centrelink to your myGov account, if you haven't already.

If you don’t have a myGov account

Follow the steps to create a myGov account. After you’ve created one, you can link services to your account.

If you can't claim online

Call the families line on the Services Australia website.

Help in your language

Call the Centrelink multilingual phone service on 131 202 to speak with someone in your language.

Find information in more languages about Centrelink on the Services Australia website.