This is a short discussion on how much income a person can earn (pre tax) before the Job Seeker Payment is Affected in Australian.

There is a misnomer that if one earns any $$$ then the Job Seeker payment is affected by a deducted of 60c in the dollar for every dollar earned.  This is actually not entirely correct.   

Join Desley Casey from Reality Bytes as she provides a quick overview discussion on how Centrelink determine how much is deducted from the Job Seeker payment when people earn an income.  Income is based on the pre tax (gross) amount that a person does earn.

(Approximately 7 minutes).