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The combined income of married couples is taken into account if you don't have private health insurance (an extra 1 per cent Medicare levy is charged if you earn over $180 000 combined, increasing to 1.5 per cent for couples earning more than $280 000) as well as when calculating Family Assistance Office benefits such as child care rebates and family tax benefits.

If you elect to change your name, you can notify the tax office:

 by phone on 13 28 61

 by post after completing the Change of details of individuals form (NAT 2817)

 or online via your myGov account at www.my.gov.au. Make sure it is linked to the ATO.

You will need either your Australian full birth certificate; your Australian marriage certificate; or your Australian change of name certificate.

According to the ATO, the definition of spouse has been extended so that both de facto relationships and registered relationships are now recognised. Your ‘spouse’ is another person (whether of the same sex or opposite sex) who:

 is in a relationship with you and is registered under a prescribed state or territory law

 although not legally married to you, lives with you on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple.