Annual Authorisation Fees

Authorised providers of a taxi service or booking service are required to pay an authorisation fee at the end of each financial year. All authorised service providers must pay regardless of the number of passenger service transactions carried out in that year.

Authorisation fee liability

If you are authorised at any time during the financial year for which the fee is payable, you are liable to pay the authorisation fee at the end of the financial year.

Authorisation fee calculations

The authorisation fee amount is based on the number of passenger service transactions you carry out in that financial year. If you are authorised to provide both taxi and booking services, the passenger service transactions for each authorisation are combined. Authorisation fees  are set out in the tables below:

Authorisation Fees 2019/20

PASSENGER SERVICE TRANSACTIONS FEE
Fewer than 20,000 $500
20,000 or more and fewer than 50,000 $750
50,000 or more and fewer than 100,000 $1,250
100,000 or more and fewer than 500,000 $2,500
500,000 or more and fewer than 1,000,000 $5,000
1,000,000 or more and fewer than 2,500,000 $8,500
2,500,000 or more and fewer than 5,000,000 $15,000
5,000,000 or more and fewer than 10,000,000 $25,000
10,000,000 or more $50,000

Authorisation fees for the 2020/21 financial year have been adjusted by CPI as calculated by cl.45(2)of the Point to Point (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Regulation 2017

Authorisation Fees 2020/21

PASSENGER SERVICE TRANSACTIONS FEE
Fewer than 20,000 $527
20,000 or more and fewer than 50,000 $791
50,000 or more and fewer than 100,000 $1,319
100,000 or more and fewer than 500,000 $2,637
500,000 or more and fewer than 1,000,000 $5,274
1,000,000 or more and fewer than 2,500,000 $8,966
2,500,000 or more and fewer than 5,000,000 $15,822
5,000,000 or more and fewer than 10,000,000 $26,370
10,000,000 or more $52,740

Authorisation fees for the 2020/21 financial year have been adjusted by CPI as calculated by cl.45(2)of the Point to Point (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Regulation 2017

Authorisation Fees 2021/22

PASSENGER SERVICE TRANSACTIONS FEE
Fewer than 20,000 $532
20,000 or more and fewer than 50,000 $799
50,000 or more and fewer than 100,000 $1,331
100,000 or more and fewer than 500,000 $2,662
500,000 or more and fewer than 1,000,000 $5,324
1,000,000 or more and fewer than 2,500,000 $9,050
2,500,000 or more and fewer than 5,000,000 $15,971
5,000,000 or more and fewer than 10,000,000 $26,618
10,000,000 or more $53,235

Passenger service transactions

Your passenger service levy assessments are used to calculate the fee. For more information see the Passenger Service Levy page.

Authorisation fee notice

You will receive an authorisation fee notice each year. The authorisation fee notice will include your authorisation fee amount, due date and payment options, which include direct debit, credit card, cheque and BPAY.

Failure to pay authorisation fee

You will have 21 days to pay your authorisation fee. If you have not paid your authorisation fee in full by the due date, your authorisation will be suspended and the unpaid amount will be referred to Revenue NSW to commence collection activities on our behalf. Debts referred to Revenue NSW will incur additional fees which may increase each time they attempt to contact you. If you do not pay any outstanding fee to Revenue NSW, your authorisation will be cancelled. You will still be required to pay the outstanding debt, even if your authorisation is cancelled.

Annual changes to authorisation fees

Authorisation fees may increase to reflect a rise in the Consumer Price Index. The Commissioner will publish a notice on the website detailing the applicable fees for the next financial year each year. Any changes will be based on the March CPI figures.

Further information

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact the Point to Point Transport Industry Contact Centre on 131 727.