Family Tax Benefit calculator (2026–27)
Family Tax Benefit is the fortnightly payment for raising children, in two parts: Part A for each child and Part B for single parents and families with one main income. Enter your family income and your children's ages for an estimate of both, plus the Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement if you will not get Parental Leave Pay for this baby.
Family income over $80,000: no FTB Part A supplement.
Income reduces Part A to the base rate.
The lower earner's income over $7,154 reduces Part B by 20 cents in the dollar.
Estimates for a family whose children live with them full time. Rent Assistance, the Energy Supplement, shared care, child support (the Maintenance Income Test) and immunisation or health-check requirements are not modelled. Annual rates are the fortnightly rate times 365 divided by 14, as Services Australia does. Income is the family's adjusted taxable income for the financial year.
How Part A is worked out
Part A pays up to $235.48 a fortnight for each child under 13 and $306.46 for a child aged 13 to 15, or 16 to 19 and in full-time secondary study. Families with income up to $69,131 get the full rate. Above that it reduces by 20 cents for each dollar, and from $123,078 by 30 cents in the dollar. No family gets less than the base rate of $75.60 a child while income is under $123,078; above that the base rate also reduces at 30 cents in the dollar until it reaches nil. The Part A supplement of up to $970.90 a child is paid after the financial year ends, when your payments are balanced, and only when family income is $80,000 or less.
Source: FTB Part A payment rates (Services Australia); Income test for FTB Part A (Services Australia).
How Part B is worked out
Part B is for single parents and for couples where one partner earns most of the income. It pays up to $200.34 a fortnight while the youngest child is under 5 and $139.86 from then on. Single parents can get it while the youngest child is under 19 (from 16, only while in full-time secondary study); couples only while the youngest is under 13. The primary earner, or a single parent, must earn $124,327 or less. In a couple the lower earner can earn up to $7,154 before Part B reduces by 20 cents in the dollar. The Part B supplement of up to $478.15 is paid after the year is balanced.
Source: FTB Part B payment rates (Services Australia); Income test for FTB Part B (Services Australia).
Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement
If you will not get Parental Leave Pay for this baby and you get at least the base rate of Part A, you also get the Newborn Upfront Payment of $708, a lump sum, and the Newborn Supplement of up to $2,125.76 for a first child or $709.80 for a later child, paid over 13 weeks with your Part A. Below the base rate the supplement is reduced in proportion. Neither payment is taxed. Claim within 52 weeks of the birth.
Source: Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement (Services Australia).
What this estimate leaves out
Estimates for a family whose children live with them full time. Rent Assistance, the Energy Supplement, shared care, child support (the Maintenance Income Test) and immunisation or health-check requirements are not modelled. It also leaves out the Multiple Birth Allowance for triplets or more. Services Australia balances the year's payments after you and your partner lodge tax returns, so a low income estimate can leave a debt and a high one leaves money to come.
Questions about Family Tax Benefit
Can I get Family Tax Benefit as well as Parental Leave Pay?
Yes. Parental Leave Pay counts as taxable income for the year, so include it in your family income estimate. The Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement are not paid for a child you get Parental Leave Pay for.
What counts as family income?
Adjusted taxable income for the financial year: taxable income, reportable fringe benefits, reportable superannuation contributions, net investment losses, tax-free pensions and benefits and foreign income, less any child support you pay. You give Services Australia an estimate for the year and the payments are balanced against your tax returns afterwards.
Fortnightly or as a lump sum?
You can have Part A and Part B paid fortnightly, claim them as a lump sum after the financial year ends, or have part paid fortnightly and the rest when the year is balanced. Families whose income is hard to predict often ask for some of it to be held back so that there is no debt at balancing.
When are the supplements paid?
After the financial year ends, once Services Australia balances your payments. You and your partner must lodge tax returns, or tell Services Australia you do not need to, and the child must meet the immunisation requirements.
When do I claim?
You can lodge the claim before the baby is born, in the same Centrelink session as Parental Leave Pay, and finish it with the proof of birth from the hospital; otherwise claim within 52 weeks of the birth. Claiming before the birth means the payments start sooner.
Rates current for 2026–27 (Services Australia); last reviewed 3 November 2026.