Australia · 2026-27 rates · checked 17 October 2026
How much Family Tax Benefit will you get? Up to $235.48 a fortnight for each child under 13, and up to $200.34 a fortnight more for the family if your youngest is under 5. Your family's income decides how much of that you keep.
Put in your income, whether you have a partner, and each child's birthday. You get Part A and Part B a fortnight and a year, and the top-ups paid after the year ends.
What you enter stays in your browser. It's an estimate, not an assessment: Services Australia decides what you're paid.
This works out one payment. To see tax, Family Tax Benefit, child care, child support and Parenting Payment together, see the Net Income Modeller →
Family Tax Benefit has two parts, and the most you can get depends on your children's ages. Part A is paid for each child. Part B is paid once for the family, and is for single parents and couples who mostly live on one income. Both go down as your family's income goes up, and for a family on a high enough income they stop altogether.
After the year ends, there are two top-ups on top of what you were paid.
Part A helps with the cost of each child. You get an amount for every child in your care, and the amount is higher for a child aged 13 or over.
Part B is extra help for a family with one main income: a single parent, or a couple where one of you earns much less than the other, or nothing. It is one amount for the whole family, set by the age of your youngest child. A couple can get it only while the youngest is under 13.
You can get Part A on its own, Part B on its own, or both. If you have a partner, the calculator asks for both incomes, because Part A looks at them together and Part B looks at each separately.
Every figure here is for 2026-27, which runs from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. Amounts are a fortnight unless it says a year.
| The child is | Most you can get | Base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 12 | $235.48 | $75.60 |
| 13 to 15 | $306.46 | $75.60 |
| 16 to 19, in full-time secondary study | $306.46 | $75.60 |
The base rate is the amount your income stops lowering Part A to, until a higher income reduces even that. The Part A supplement is up to $970.90 a year for each child.
| Your youngest child is | Most you can get |
|---|---|
| 0 to 4 | $200.34 |
| 5 to 18 | $139.86 |
The Part B supplement is up to $478.15 a year for the family. A single parent can get Part B until the end of the calendar year the youngest turns 18, and from 16 the child has to be in full-time secondary school.
These rates and limits are indexed every 1 July, so they change next on 1 July 2027.
Services Australia uses your family's adjusted taxable income. That is your taxable income, plus some things that don't show in it: reportable fringe benefits (such as a work car), reportable super contributions (including salary sacrifice), net investment losses (such as a rental property that costs more than it earns), certain tax-free pensions or benefits, and income from overseas that isn't taxed here. Child support you pay is taken off. For a couple, it is both of you added together for Part A, and each of you on your own for Part B.
So the point where Part A ends depends on how many children you have and their ages. With one child aged 0 to 12 it is a family income of $129,648. With two children aged 0 to 12 it is $136,218. Services Australia publishes the limits for larger families, and they are higher if Rent Assistance is part of your payment.
That second test is why Part B suits a family on one main income: once the lower earner makes more than $7,154, each extra dollar takes 20 cents off.
A couple on taxable incomes of $80,000 and $30,000, with two children aged 3 and 7. We ran the calculator on 17 October 2026 with those inputs.
| Part A, for the year | |
| The most for two children aged 0 to 12 ($235.48 a fortnight each, paid by the day) | $12,279 |
| Family income: $80,000 + $30,000 = $110,000, which is $40,869 over $69,131 | |
| Less: 20 cents for each of those dollars | −$8,174 |
| Part A for the year (above the $3,942 base rate for two children, so the income test sets it) | $4,105 |
| Part B, for the year | |
| The most, with the youngest aged 3 | $5,223 |
| The higher earner, on $80,000, is under the $124,327 limit | passes |
| The lower earner, on $30,000, is $22,846 over the $7,154 free amount. Less: 20 cents for each of those dollars | −$4,569 |
| Part B for the year | $654 |
| Together | |
| Paid through the year ($4,105 + $654) | $4,759 |
| Each fortnight: Part A $157.50 and Part B $25.06 | $182.56 |
| Part A supplement after the year ends (family income is over $80,000) | nil |
| Part B supplement after the year ends | $478 |
| All up for the year ($4,759 + $478) | $5,237 |
The fortnightly figure is the year divided by 365 days and multiplied by 14, because Family Tax Benefit is paid by the day. A year is 26.07 fortnights, not 26, so $182.56 a fortnight comes to the $4,759 and not a little less.
| The family | A fortnight | Through the year | After the year ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| The couple above: $80,000 and $30,000, children 3 and 7 | $182.56 | $4,759 | $478 |
| The same children, one income of $90,000 and none for the partner | $511.14 | $13,328 | $478 |
| The same children, incomes of $150,000 and $50,000 | $0.00 | $0 | nil |
| A single parent on $60,000, one child aged 7 | $375.34 | $9,786 | $1,449 |
Three things show in that table. The couple with one income of $90,000 gets far more than the couple on $110,000 with two. Their family income is lower, so Part A is cut less, and Part B is paid in full, because the lower income is under $7,154. The couple on $200,000 gets nothing, since Part B stops when the higher earner is over $124,327 and Part A ends at $136,218 for these two children. And the single parent on $60,000 is under both test points, so gets the most of both parts, and both supplements after the year ends: $971 for Part A and $478 for Part B.
Each of our calculators answers one question. The Net Income Modeller works out tax, Family Tax Benefit, child care subsidy, child support, Rent Assistance and Parenting Payment together, so you can see what an extra day's work, a pay rise or a salary package leaves your family.
You are paid during the year on an estimate of your family's income, which you give Services Australia. Nobody knows what the year's income will be until it's over, so the payments are worked out after 30 June as well.
The calculator shows the supplements on their own line, below the year's total, so you can see what you would be paid in the fortnight and what arrives later. If you aren't sure what your income will be, look at the rows above: how close you are to $69,131, $80,000 and $123,078 is what matters most.
Part A is paid for each child in your care, and Part B for a single parent, a grandparent carer, or a member of a couple with one main income. You also need to meet the residence rules, and for Part A your child needs to meet the immunisation requirements. Services Australia sets all of this out on its eligibility pages, and the Payment Finder will tell you what you may be eligible for.
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It depends on your family's income and your children's ages. In 2026-27 Part A pays up to $235.48 a fortnight for each child aged 0 to 12 and up to $306.46 for each child aged 13 to 15, or 16 to 19 in secondary study. Part B pays up to $200.34 a fortnight to the family when the youngest is 0 to 4, and up to $139.86 when the youngest is 5 to 18. Both fall as income rises. On a family income of $110,000 split $80,000 and $30,000, with two children aged 3 and 7, we worked out $182.56 a fortnight.
Part A is paid for each child and is reduced as your family's income rises above $69,131. Part B is paid once per family, is for single parents and couples with one main income, and is worked out from the age of your youngest child and, for a couple, from the lower earner's income as well as the higher earner's. You can get either or both.
Services Australia tests your family's adjusted taxable income. Part A is paid in full up to $69,131, then falls by 20 cents for each dollar above that until it reaches the base rate of $75.60 a fortnight for each child, and the base rate falls by 30 cents for each dollar above $123,078. Part B is paid to a single parent whose income is $124,327 or less. For a couple, the higher earner must be under $124,327, and Part B falls by 20 cents for each dollar the lower earner makes over $7,154.
There are two yearly top-ups, paid after the end of the financial year once your payments are balanced. In 2026-27 the Part A supplement is up to $970.90 for each child, and only if your family's adjusted taxable income is $80,000 or less. The Part B supplement is up to $478.15 per family, with no income limit.
You are paid on an estimate of your family's income for the year. After 30 June, Services Australia compares that estimate with your actual income, usually from your tax return, and works out whether you were paid too much or too little. You have 12 months from the end of the financial year to confirm your income or claim as a lump sum.
Adjusted taxable income: your taxable income plus reportable fringe benefits, reportable super contributions, net investment losses, certain tax-free pensions or benefits and target foreign income, less child support you pay. For a couple it is both partners' amounts together for Part A, and each partner's separately for Part B.
Yes. You claim it from Services Australia. You can be paid fortnightly during the year, or claim it as a lump sum after the end of the financial year.
Services Australia pages read on 17 October 2026, with the date each page says it was last updated.
General information about Family Tax Benefit for 2026-27 as at 17 October 2026, not personal advice and not an assessment. Services Australia decides what you are paid. Confirm your own situation with them.