Child Care Benefit is a payment to help with the cost of child care for families who use either approved or registered child care.
In the recent Budget, the Government announced that there will no longer be a minimum Child Care Benefit rate for approve child care. However, instead of the rate reducing only down to a minimum rate, it will continue to reduce until the rate is zero. The income levels at which the payment cuts out completely will depend on the number of children you have using approved child care. This change will affect only high income families.
If your family’s adjusted taxable income is under the income limits, you can get a part rate of Child Care Benefit. The part rate is worked out using your Child Care Benefit percentage. The Child Care Benefit Ready Reckoner is used by your child care service provider to help with the estimation only of your family's Child Care Benefit percentage.
The Child Care Benefit Ready Reckoner 2008-2009 can also be downloaded and printed from the following link.
Please note: This ready reckoner is a guide only.
Income is your and your partner’s annual adjusted taxable income as assessed by the Family Assistance Office.
Annual adjusted taxable income is the total of the taxable income, adjusted fringe benefits total, tax free pensions or benefits, net rentalproperty losses, non-taxable foreign income, less child support (maintenance) payments paid.
To approximate how much Child Care Benefit a family could receive, apply the appropriate percentage from this ready reckoner table as explained in your Child Care Service Handbook.
Applies from 7 July 2008
|
Income |
Number of children in care |
|
One |
Two* |
Three* |
|
$36,573 (or less) |
100.00% |
104.50% |
108.73% |
|
$37,000 |
99.53% |
104.15% |
108.50% |
|
$38,000 |
98.42% |
103.32% |
107.94% |
|
$39,000 |
97.31% |
102.49% |
107.39% |
|
$40,000 |
96.20% |
101.66% |
106.83% |
|
$41,000 |
95.09% |
100.82% |
106.28% |
|
$42,000 |
93.98% |
99.99% |
105.72% |
|
$43,000 |
92.88% |
99.16% |
105.17% |
|
$44,000 |
91.77% |
98.33% |
104.62% |
|
$45,000 |
90.66% |
97.50% |
104.06% |
|
$46,000 |
89.55% |
96.67% |
103.51% |
|
$47,000 |
88.44% |
95.84% |
102.95% |
|
$48,000 |
87.33% |
95.01% |
102.40% |
|
$49,000 |
86.23% |
94.17% |
101.84% |
|
$50,000 |
85.12% |
93.34% |
101.29% |
|
$51,000 |
84.01% |
92.51% |
100.74% |
|
$52,000 |
82.90% |
91.68% |
100.18% |
|
$53,000 |
81.79% |
90.85% |
99.63% |
|
$54,000 |
80.68% |
90.02% |
99.07% |
|
$55,000 |
79.58% |
89.19% |
98.52% |
|
$56,000 |
78.47% |
88.35% |
97.97% |
|
$57,000 |
77.36% |
87.52% |
97.41% |
|
$58,000 |
76.25% |
86.69% |
96.86% |
|
$59,000 |
75.14% |
85.86% |
96.30% |
|
$60,000 |
74.03% |
85.03% |
95.75% |
|
$61,000 |
72.93% |
84.20% |
95.19% |
|
$62,000 |
71.82% |
83.37% |
94.64% |
|
$63,000 |
70.71% |
82.54% |
94.09% |
|
$64,000 |
69.60% |
81.70% |
93.53% |
|
$65,000 |
68.49% |
80.87% |
92.98% |
|
$66,000 |
67.38% |
80.04% |
92.42% |
|
$67,000 |
66.27% |
79.21% |
91.87% |
|
$68,000 |
65.17% |
78.38% |
91.32% |
|
$69,000 |
64.06% |
77.55% |
90.76% |
|
$70,000 |
62.95% |
76.72% |
90.21% |
|
$71,000 |
61.84% |
75.89% |
89.65% |
|
$72,000 |
60.73% |
75.05% |
89.10% |
|
$73,000 |
59.62% |
74.22% |
88.54% |
|
$74,000 |
58.52% |
73.39% |
87.99% |
|
$75,000 |
57.41% |
72.56% |
87.44% |
|
$76,000 |
56.30% |
71.73% |
86.88% |
|
$77,000 |
55.19% |
70.90% |
86.33% |
|
$78,000 |
54.08% |
70.07% |
85.77% |
|
$79,000 |
52.97% |
69.23% |
85.22% |
|
$80,000 |
51.87% |
68.40% |
84.66% |
|
$81,000 |
50.76% |
67.57% |
84.11% |
|
$82,000 |
49.65% |
66.74% |
83.56% |
|
$83,000 |
48.54% |
65.91% |
83.00% |
|
$84,000 |
47.43% |
65.08% |
82.45% |
|
$85,000 |
46.32% |
64.25% |
81.89% |
|
$86,000 |
45.22% |
62.98% |
80.76% |
|
$87,000 |
44.11% |
61.59% |
79.46% |
|
$88,000 |
43.00% |
60.21% |
78.17% |
|
$89,000 |
41.89% |
58.82% |
76.88% |
|
$90,000 |
40.78% |
57.44% |
75.59% |
|
$91,000 |
39.67% |
56.05% |
74.29% |
|
$92,000 |
38.56% |
54.67% |
73.00% |
|
$93,000 |
37.46% |
53.28% |
71.71% |
|
$94,000 |
36.35% |
51.90% |
70.41% |
|
$95,000 |
35.24% |
50.51% |
69.12% |
|
$96,000 |
34.13% |
49.12% |
67.83% |
|
$97,000 |
33.02% |
47.74% |
66.53% |
|
$98,000 |
31.91% |
46.35% |
65.24% |
|
$99,000 |
30.81% |
44.97% |
63.95% |
|
$100,000 |
29.70% |
43.58% |
62.65% |
|
$101,000 |
28.59% |
42.20% |
61.36% |
|
$102,000 |
27.48% |
40.81% |
60.07% |
|
$103,000 |
26.37% |
39.43% |
58.77% |
|
$104,000 |
25.26% |
38.04% |
57.48% |
|
$105,000 |
24.16% |
36.65% |
56.19% |
|
$106,000 |
23.05% |
35.27% |
54.90% |
|
$107,000 |
21.94% |
33.88% |
53.60% |
|
$108,000 |
20.83% |
32.50% |
52.31% |
|
$109,000 |
19.72% |
31.11% |
51.02% |
|
$110,000 |
18.61% |
29.73% |
49.72% |
|
$111,000 |
17.50% |
28.34% |
48.43% |
|
$112,000 |
16.40% |
26.96% |
47.14% |
|
$113,000 |
15.29% |
25.57% |
45.84% |
|
$114,000 |
14.18% |
24.19% |
44.55% |
|
$115,000 |
13.07% |
22.80% |
43.26% |
|
$120,000 |
7.53% |
15.87% |
36.79% |
|
$125,000 |
1.99% |
8.94% |
30.33% |
|
$130,000 |
0.00% |
2.02% |
23.86% |
|
$135,000 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.39% |
|
$140,000 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.93% |
|
$145,000 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
4.46% |
|
$150,000 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
|
$155,000 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
|
$160,000 (or more) |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
* Multiple Child Percentage: this is applied when more than one child is in the same kind of approved care in the same week. The children do not have to be in the same child care service for the multiple child percentage to apply. The following approved services are considered to be the same kind of care: long day care centre, family day care scheme, outside school hours service or in home care service, or any combination of those. Occasional care is another kind of care.