Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1066a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1066A (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 1698292–1701058

out the person's maximum basic rate using MODULE B below.
           Step 1A. Work out the energy supplement (if any) using Module BA below.
           Step 2. Work out the amount per year for youth disability, Supplement using MODULE C below.
           Step 3. Work out the amount per year (if any) of pharmaceutical allowance using MODULE D below.
           Step 4. Work out the amount per year (if any) for rent assistance in accordance with paragraph 1070A(b).
           Step 5. Add up the amounts obtained in Steps 1, 1A, 2, 3 and 4: the result is called the maximum payment rate.
                  Note: Module G contains provisions that may apply to working out, under this Rate Calculator, the ordinary income of a person, and the ordinary income of a partner of the person.
           Step 6. Apply the ordinary income test using MODULE F below to work out the income reduction.
           Step 9. Take the income reduction away from the maximum payment rate: the result is called the income reduced rate.
           Step 10. Apply the assets test using MODULE H below to work out the reduction for assets.
           Step 11. Take the reduction for assets away from the maximum payment rate: the result is called the assets reduced rate.
           Step 12. Compare the income reduced rate and the assets reduced rate: the lower of the 2 rates, or the income reduced rate if the rates are equal, is the provisional annual payment rate.
           Step 13. The rate of pension is the amount obtained by:

                (a) subtracting from the provisional annual payment rate any special employment advance deduction (see Part 3.16B); and
                (b) if there is any amount remaining, subtracting from that amount any advance payment deduction (see Part 3.16A); and
                (c) adding any amount payable by way of remote area allowance (see Module I).
Note 1: If a person's assets reduced rate is less than the person's income reduced rate, the person may be able to take advantage of provisions dealing with financial hardship (sections 1129 and 1130).
Note 2: Section 1210 deals with the application of income and assets test reductions.
Note 3: The rate calculation for a member of a couple is affected by the operation of point 1066A‑A2.

Members of a couple
 1066A‑A2 Where 2 people are members of a couple, they will be treated as pooling their resources (income and assets) and sharing them on a 50/50 basis (see points 1066A‑F2, and 1066A‑H2 below). They will also be treated as sharing expenses (e.g. for rent) on a 50/50 basis (see section 1070V).

Module B—Maximum basic rate

Maximum basic rate
 1066A‑B1 A person's maximum basic rate is to be worked out using Table B. Work out the family situation. The maximum basic rate