Additional Bonus Payment Information
Additional Bonus Payment Information
The package of measures includes:
$900 Tax Bonus for Working Australians
The Australian Government provided eligible people with a tax bonus payment
of up to $900. To be eligible for the payment you must have lodged your
2007-08 income tax return by 30 June 2009, unless the Tax Office granted you
a deferred lodgement date before 18 February 2009.
If you expected a payment and didn’t receive one, check the tax bonus fact
sheet to find out what you should do.
For more information about the tax bonus payment, visit
www.ato.gov.au.
$900 Single Income Family Bonus
The Single Income Family Bonus provided assistance to families with one main
income earner. Families eligible for Family Tax Benefit Part B (FTB-B) on 3
February 2009 received this $900 bonus payment.
$950 Farmer's Hardship Payment
The Australian Government made a one-off payment of $950 to assist farmers
and small business operators experiencing hardship due to drought conditions
and receiving Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment, Farm Help Income
Support or Transitional Income Support.
More than 21,000 farmers and small business operators received the Farmer’s
Hardship Payment at a cost of $20.3 million.
$950 Training and Learning Bonus
The Australian Government's $511.2 million Training and Learning Bonus
provided a bonus to eligible student social security recipients to assist
with the costs of education and training.
This covered students undertaking approved courses that generally include
secondary education courses, undergraduate courses, associate diplomas and
some other diplomas, TAFE courses and some postgraduate courses.
The Training and Learning Bonus consists of two categories:
$950 Bonus for Postgraduate Scholarship Holders
A $950 Training and Learning Bonus payment was available to postgraduate
scholarship holders
undertaking a higher education degree by research program in semester 1,
2009 and who are receiving an Australian Postgraduate (or similar) award.
Category 1
The one-off $950 bonus (for 2009 only) for recipients at 3 February 2009 of:
Youth Allowance (student and apprentices); Austudy; ABSTUDY (living
allowance), Veterans' Children Education Scheme, Military Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme, Family Tax Benefit Part A
for a full time student aged 19-24 inclusive Sickness Allowance and Special
Benefit (under age pension age on 14 October 2008).
If a student received the Government's Back to School Bonus they were not
eligible for the one-off $950 Training and Learning Bonus.
Category 2 (Applies from 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2010)
A temporary supplement to the Education Entry Payment (EdEP) of $950. This
was in addition to the existing EdEP payment of $208. EdEP is currently paid
to a range of social security recipients who are commencing study, including
Newstart Allowance and Parenting Payment Partnered recipients.
The temporary supplement to the Education Entry Payment includes a temporary
extension of EdEP to Youth Allowance (other) recipients and relaxation of
eligibility to a one month qualifying period for all eligible recipients.
$950 Back to School Bonus
The Australian Government invested $2.6 billion to help families with the
costs of education in the 2009 academic year.
The Back to School Bonus assisted approximately 2.8 million children aged 4
to 18 in just over 1.2 million families across Australia eligible for Family
Tax Benefit Part A (FTB-A) on 3 February 2009.
The Back to School Bonus was a one-off payment of $950 per eligible child.
Further Information
For information about the Tax Bonus visit
www.ato.gov.au
For further information about the Single Income Family Bonus, Farmers
Hardship Payment, Back to School Bonus, and the Training and Learning Bonus
visit www.centrelink.gov.au