A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
Schedules
Schedule 1 - Family Tax Benefit Rate CalculatorNote: See subsection 58(1) .
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Hide history noteThe rate of rent assistance payable to an individual who is a relevant shared carer, or who has only one or more regular care children (but no FTB children), is the higher of: (a) the rate of rent assistance that would be payable to that individual if that individual ' s rate were worked out using clause 38D ; and (b) the rate of rent assistance worked out using the following table.
In working out rent assistance, work out the individual ' s family situation using column 1 and calculate Rate A for the individual using the corresponding formula in column 2. This will be the individual ' s rate of rent assistance in accordance with the table but only up to Rate B specified in column 3.
| Rent assistance payable to individual who is a relevant shared carer or who has only one or more regular care children | ||||
| (Part A - Method 1 or 3) | ||||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | ||
| Family situation | Rate A | Rate B | ||
| 1 | Not member of a couple | (Annual rent − $3,803.30) | × 3 | $5,431.20 |
| 4 | ||||
| 2 | Member of a couple other than a person who is partnered (partner in gaol) or a member of an illness separated couple, a respite care couple or a temporarily separated couple | (Annual rent − $6,186.75) | × 3 | $5,099.05 |
| 4 | ||||
| 3 | Person who is partnered (partner in gaol) or a member of an illness separated couple or a respite care couple | (Annual rent − $3,803.30) | × 3 | $5,431.20 |
| 4 | ||||
| 4 | Member of a temporarily separated couple | (Annual rent − $3,803.30) | × 3 | $5,099.05 |
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