A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

An individual or an approved provider who is eligible for CCS or ACCS is only entitled to be paid CCS or ACCS if the Secretary has made a determination to that effect.

For individuals who claim in respect of a child for CCS by fee reduction, the Secretary will make an initial determination of the individual’s eligibility for CCS for the child. Once this is in effect, determinations are made, for each week, about the individual’s entitlement to CCS or ACCS that week.

To be entitled to be paid for a week, the individual must:

The additional entitlement conditions mean that not everyone who is eligible for CCS or ACCS will be entitled to be paid for every week. In particular, individuals need to have met the CCS reconciliation conditions for previous income years for which they were entitled to CCS (usually these conditions are met by obtaining a timely tax assessment) and to have kept the Secretary up to date about changes affecting eligibility or entitlement.

Even if the Secretary determines that an individual is entitled to be paid CCS for a week, the individual might later have to repay the CCS if the individual does not meet the CCS reconciliation conditions. (This does not apply to ACCS.)

Determinations are also made each week in relation to an approved provider’s entitlement to be paid ACCS (child wellbeing) for a child.

One‑off determinations are made in relation to an individual’s entitlement to be paid CCS or ACCS in substitution for an individual who has died.