Is there an Income/Assets Test?

The following table provides information regarding income or assets tests for the payments provided by Centrelink. For further information regarding the individual payments (including eligibility criteria) you should visit the payment pages associated with the income or assets tests.

Payment Name	Income Test	Assets Test
ABSTUDY	Yes	Yes
AGDRP	No	No
Age Pension	Yes	Yes
Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme	Yes	No
Austudy	Yes	Yes
Baby Bonus	Yes	No
Bereavement Allowance	Yes	Yes
Carer Allowance (adult)	No	No
Carer Allowance (child)	No	No
Carer Payment (adult)	Yes	Yes
Carer Payment (child)	Yes	Yes
Child Care Benefit	Yes	No
Disability Support Pension	Yes	Yes
Double Orphan Pension	No	No
Family Tax Benefit Part A	Yes	No
Family Tax Benefit Part B	Yes	No
Maternity Immunisation Allowance	No	No
Mobility Allowance	No	No
Newstart Allowance	Yes	Yes
Parenting Payment	Yes	Yes
Partner Allowance	Yes	Yes
Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment	Yes	Yes
Pension Bonus Scheme	Yes	Yes
Pensioner Education Supplement	No	No
Pharmaceutical Allowance	No	No
Remote Area Allowance	No	No
Seniors Concession Allowance	No	No
Sickness Allowance	Yes	Yes
Special Benefit	Yes	Yes
Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme	No	No
Telephone Allowance	No	No
Utilities Allowance	No	No
Widow Allowance	Yes	Yes
Widow B Pension	Yes	Yes
Wife Pension	Yes	Yes
Youth Allowance	Yes	Yes

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Is there an Income/Assets Test?

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