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1.1.S.200 Social security entitlement

Usage

Social security entitlements are those payments for which an advance payment may be payable and/or from which an advance may be recovered.

The following payments are social security entitlements for the purpose of qualifying for and recovering advance payments:

jobseeker payment
youth allowance
austudy payment
age pension
parenting payment
disability support pension
carer payment.

Act reference: SSAct section 23(1)-'social security entitlement', section 1206Q Special employment advance deduction

Last reviewed: 4 January 2022

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