Summary
Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
,
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
,
Social Security Act 1991
and
Student Assistance Act 1973
to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment.