Special education services fees - TAC - Transport Accident Commission

Effective 1 July 2020

2020/21 rates
2019/20 rates
Not registered for GST

For Special education services provided on or after 1 July 2020
	Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	Maximum Payment Rate
In rooms
Initial Consultation Testing & assessment pro-rata hourly rate with prior approval of TAC	SP600	$108.97
Standard Consultation	SP602	$54.58
Long Consultation	SP604	$81.57
Prolonged Consultation	SP606	$108.73
Group Treatment
Group Rates (per person per hour)	SP101	$65.27
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.	SP630*	$108.73
All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes
Reports
Report When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account	SP640*	$108.73
Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes

For Special education services provided between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020
	Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	Maximum Payment Rate
In rooms
Initial Consultation Testing & assessment pro-rata hourly rate with prior approval of TAC	SP600	$106.82
Standard Consultation	SP602	$53.50
Long Consultation	SP604	$79.96
Prolonged Consultation	SP606	$106.59
Group Treatment
Group Rates (per person per hour)	SP101	$63.98
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.	SP630*	$106.59
All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes
Reports
Report When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account	SP640*	$106.59
Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes

For Special education services performed by a provider who is not registered for GST
	Not registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	2020/21 Maximum Payment Rate	2019/20 Maximum Payment Rate
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.	SP630F	$98.85	$96.90
All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes
Reports
Report When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account	SP640F	$98.85	$96.90

GST

* Item numbers denoted with an asterisk (*) include a 10% allowance for GST as TAC believes these are taxable supplies. If you are a provider and are not registered for GST, then the maximum claimable on these item numbers is 10/11ths of the corresponding Maximum Payment Rate. Providers who are not registered for GST are:

Not legally permitted to charge GST; and
Should indicate on all invoices submitted your status as 'not registered for GST'

A GST Registered provider should not add GST on top of the Maximum Payment Rate as an allowance for it is already included where applicable.

All other item numbers i.e. with no asterisk (*) are the Maximum Payments Rates regardless of whether you are registered for GST or not, as TAC believes these to be GST-Free supplies.

This Payment Limit relates to the following services

Education support services and returning to school