If you're thinking of having a baby…

… it's time to get busy. If you don't get pregnant in the next two weeks you won't get the Baby Bonus. It's being scrapped from March 1, 2014, or in nine months and two weeks, and will be replaced with an increase to the rate of Family Tax Benefit Part A. For families not claiming Paid Parental Leave, FTB-A will be increased by $2000 following the birth or adoption of a first child and by $1000 following the birth or adoption of a second or subsequent child.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/money/federal-budget/federal-budget-2013-what-it-means-for-you/story-fn84fgcm...