Family Tax Benefit Debt

Question

Senator RUSTON: Okay. For each of the payments that we've just discussed that sit underneath the general umbrella around FTB A and FTB B, how many people have a debt for each payment type, and what is the average and median debt value? Mr Flavel: I'll take that on notice. Just one thing to bear in mind is that some of those are supplements. They're not payments in their own right. For instance, newborn supplement is paid on top of FTB. So, when talking about debts, there won't necessarily be a debt related to newborn supplement. Somebody might have an FTB debt based on their income, for instance. We will take it on notice, but- Senator RUSTON: Yes, for those payments that could potentially attract a debt, I'm interested in the total value of the debt owed for each of those payment types and the highest debt for each of those payment types.

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