Method statement

Step 1.    Work out the total amount of the individual's approved child care fees for the child in each base week for the individual and the child in the quarter.

Step 2.    Work out the total amount (if any) of so much of the fee reductions:

               (a)     calculated under subsection 50Z(1) of the Family Assistance Administration Act; or

              (b)     recalculated under subsection 50ZA(1) of that Act;

              in respect of the individual and the child as are attributable to each base week in the quarter.

Step 3.    Work out the total amount of Jobs Education and Training (JET) Child Care fee assistance (if any) that the individual is eligible to receive for the child in each base week for the individual and the child in the quarter.

Step 4.    Work out the lesser of the following amounts for the child:

               (a)     the amount worked out using the formula:

             

              (b)     the amount worked out by subtracting the total of the child care rebate (if any) applicable in respect of the individual and the child for each earlier quarter in the income year (whether paid weekly or quarterly from the child care rebate limit for the income year.

Step 5.    The result is the amount of the individual's child care rebate for the child for the quarter.