Section 24J - A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 - How to work out an individual’s RA (rent assistance) amount

24JHow to work out an individual’s RA (rent assistance) amount

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#### 24J How to work out an individual’s RA (rent assistance) amount This is how to work out the individual’s RA amount for the maintenance income: Method statement Step 1. Work out the individual’s rent assistance (if any) under Subdivision A of Division 2B of Part 5. Step 2. Work out the amount that would be the individual’s rent assistance (if any) under that Subdivision if rent assistance were paid for only those children in respect of whom neither the individual, nor the individual’s partner, is entitled to apply for maintenance income. Step 3. If the individual, and the individual’s partner, between them are entitled to apply for maintenance income from only one maintenance payer, the difference between the amount worked out under step 1 and the amount worked out under step 2 is the individual’s RA amount for the maintenance income. Step 4. If the individual, and the individual’s partner, between them are entitled to apply for maintenance income from more than one maintenance payer, the individual’s RA amount for maintenance income received from a particular maintenance payer is worked out using the formula: ![Start formula start fraction Amount worked out under step 3 over Total number of FTB children in respect of whom either the individual, or the individual's partner, is entitled to apply for maintenance income end fraction times Number of FTB children in respect of whom the individual, or the individual's partner, is entitled to apply for maintenance income from that maintenance payer end formula](image.013.png)