For Tax Time 2020, tax preparation software will need to be updated to reflect the following payments being replaced by the JobSeeker Payment:
- Newstart Allowance
- Wife Pension
- Widow B Pension
- Bereavement Allowance
- Sickness Allowance (transitioning 20 September 2020).
The above payments transitioned to JobSeeker payment on 20 March 2020.
The Partner Allowance and Widow Allowance will transition in 2022 as recipients reach Age Pension age.
As a result of these changes, Centrelink payment summaries for 2019–20 may detail two types of payments for taxpayers (both old and new payments). Centrelink information will pre-fill according to the following table:
|
Payment name |
End date |
Label |
|
JobSeeker Payment |
N/A |
5 |
|
Newstart Allowance |
20 March 2020 |
5 |
|
Widow B Pension |
20 March 2020 |
6 |
|
Wife Pension |
20 March 2020 |
6 |
|
Bereavement Allowance |
20 March 2020 |
6 |
|
Sickness Allowance |
20 September 2020 |
5 |
|
Widow Allowance |
1 January 2022 |
5 |
|
Partner Allowance |
1 January 2022 |
5 |
Pre-fill information is usually available by mid-August. For more information on requirements of software specifications, refer to 2020 Change advice CA 2020-305 Jobseeker Payment v0.2.
No previous versions available.