If your child travelled overseas during the income year it may affect how much FTB you receive. If your child travelled overseas prior to the income year it can also affect the amount you receive. It is necessary to insert the departure and return dates on the form if this is the case.

If your child travelled overseas after they returned from the first trip of 26 weeks or more, on your FTB tax claim write the departure and return dates. If your child was overseas on 30 June 2001 and they returned to Australia after 30 June 2001 write the date they returned.

If they are still overseas and you cannot state their return date write the departure date and leave the return date blank.

If your child departed permanently overseas you are not eligible for FTB for this your child from their date of departure.

If child was overseas on 30 June 2001 and they returned to Australia after 30 June 2001 write the date they returned. If they are still overseas and you cannot state their return date write the departure date and leave the return date blank.

Details of Actions taken to obtain Maintenance from other parent

If you or your spouse were entitled to claim or apply for maintenance income for this dependant, you must take reasonable steps to obtain maintenance to be paid at greater than Part A base rate. The maintenance action test must be satisfied within 28 days of the date that you became entitled to claim or apply for child maintenance. The date you became entitled to claim or apply for maintenance is the date of birth of the dependant, or the date the dependant entered your care, or the date of separation from your spouse, whichever was latest.

What you have to do to take reasonable maintenance action depends on when you separated and when your dependants were born. If you separated on or after 1 October 1989 or have one or more dependants born on or after that date, then you come under stage 2; otherwise you come under stage 1.

If you are paid at greater than Part A base rate after the income test reduction your Part A rate may be reduced if you do not take appropriate maintenance action. If you do not take maintenance action you will only be entitled to Part A base rate for that dependant. There are situations where this test does not apply. See Exemption from taking maintenance action below.

You must enter the date you or your spouse became entitled to apply or claim for maintenance for this dependant—that is,

whichever was latest.

If you or your spouse are entitled to claim an exemption from taking maintenance action on one of the grounds listed print X in the Code box.

If you or your spouse have taken maintenance action enter the date you took maintenance action for this dependant.

If you have not taken maintenance action or you are exempt from taking maintenance action leave this date blank.

If you or your spouse have an exemption from taking maintenance action—see below—print X beside this date. If you or your spouse have taken maintenance action print ‘Date maintenance action taken’ and write the date you took maintenance action.

You may be entitled to an exemption from taking maintenance action if any of the following

circumstances apply to you:

An exemption from taking maintenance action is not allowed if your reason is that:

You may be entitled to the multiple birth allowance (MBA) if you cared for dependent children

from a multiple birth of triplets or greater who were aged under 6 years at any time during

the claim period. You must have cared for at least 3 of them for more than 10 per cent of

the claim period.

If Your child 1 was from a multiple birth of triplets or greater and was under 6 years at any

time during the claim period, print M in the Code box at the right of D .

You must ‘code’ at least 3 children from the same multiple birth to be eligible for MBA. You

may be eligible for MBA up to the children’s 6th birthday. If you care for more than one set

of multiple birth children make sure you code all the children from the multiple births. You

will be paid MBA for each set of triplets or quadruplets or greater in your care during the