This new welfare 800 dollar welfare boost

[highlander4000]

Hey guys
Sorry i cant work out how to lonk articles from my phone. But they are talking about pensioners getting an extra 800 dollars around tax refund time. Does this apply to people like me with no assets and a tiny bank account or will it only be for people with large ammounts of assets or money in the bank?. Im just a little confused by the wording of it all, cheers, highlander

[Denis-NFA]

fugeddaboutit

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highlander4000 I've sent you a PM. If  your talking about the $800 allegedly coming to some because of the drop in deeming rates, I don't think the poorer of us will be getting much. The deeming money comes as extra fortnightly, not as as lump sum.

It's difficult to make salient comments without actually reading which article to know what you're commenting on.

Update:- Under changes, pensioners whose income is assessed using deeming rates will receive up to $40.50 a fortnight for couples, which is $1053 extra a year, and $31 a fortnight for singles, which works out to $804 a year.

7news.com.au/politics/federal-politics/pension-bonus-are-you-one-of-almost-a-million-australians-now-800-better-off-c-263722

To find out how your income is assessed, call Centrelink; see highlighted, above.

Cheers bear

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