Family Tax Benefit recipients to wait months for Centrelink payments

UPDATED: Some Family Tax Benefit recipients won’t receive their lump sum or be able to dispute debts until at least February 2021 – seven months after they lodged payment claims with Centrelink – due to a staged lifting of a debt freeze imposed due to the pandemic.

Centrelink debt freeze causes Family Tax Benefit stress

A lack of transparency around how Centrelink’s Family Tax Benefit is balanced has seen some payments stalled, leaving welfare recipients stressed and confused about potential money owed amid the agency’s debt freeze imposed due to coronavirus.

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Family Tax Benefit recipients to wait months for Centrelink payments

Centrelink debt freeze causes Family Tax Benefit stress