Social work fees
Effective 1 July 2025
The TAC has extended the funding of temporary telehealth services previously scheduled to end on 30 September 2020 until further notice, giving clients the ongoing convenience and flexibility of accessing their services from home.
Social work services can be invoiced online via HICAPS Digital for next business day payments.
2025/26 rates
2024/25 rates
Not registered for GST
2025/26 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual Treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600 | $73.81 |
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Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602 | $59.06 |
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Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604 | $88.27 |
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Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606 | $117.95 |
| Telehealth | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600T | $73.81 |
| Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602T | $59.06 |
| Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604T | $88.27 |
| Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606T | $117.95 |
| Group Treatment | ||
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Group Consultation (per person) | SW602G | $35.53 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | SW630 | $117.95 |
| All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes. | ||
| Reports | ||
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Report When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | SW640* | $129.74 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request, will incur a GST on the applicable TAC maximum fee. | SW641* | $129.74 |
| 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. | ||
2024/25 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual Treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600 | $72.01 |
|
Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602 | $57.62 |
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Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604 | $86.12 |
|
Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606 | $115.07 |
| Telehealth | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600T | $72.01 |
| Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602T | $57.62 |
| Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604T | $86.12 |
| Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606T | $115.07 |
| Group Treatment | ||
|
Group Consultation (per person) | SW602G | $34.66 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | SW630 | $115.07 |
| 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. | SW640* | $126.58 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request, will incur a GST on the applicable TAC maximum fee. | SW641* | $126.58 |
| 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. | ||
Not registered for GST
| Not Registered for GST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | 2025/26 Maximum Payment Rate | 2024/25 Maximum Payment Rate |
| Reports | |||
| Report When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | SW640F | $117.95 | $115.07 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request, will incur a GST on the applicable TAC maximum fee. | SW641F | $117.95 | $115.07 |
| 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. | |||
2025/26 rates
2025/26 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual Treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600 | $73.81 |
|
Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602 | $59.06 |
|
Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604 | $88.27 |
|
Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606 | $117.95 |
| Telehealth | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600T | $73.81 |
| Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602T | $59.06 |
| Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604T | $88.27 |
| Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606T | $117.95 |
| Group Treatment | ||
|
Group Consultation (per person) | SW602G | $35.53 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | SW630 | $117.95 |
| 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. | SW640* | $129.74 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request, will incur a GST on the applicable TAC maximum fee. | SW641* | $129.74 |
| 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. | ||
2024/25 rates
2024/25 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual Treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600 | $72.01 |
|
Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602 | $57.62 |
|
Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604 | $86.12 |
|
Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606 | $115.07 |
| Telehealth | ||
| Initial Consultation | SW600T | $72.01 |
| Standard Consultation: up to 30 minutes | SW602T | $57.62 |
| Long Consultation: > 30 minutes < 45 minutes | SW604T | $86.12 |
| Prolonged Consultation: > 45 minutes < 60 minutes | SW606T | $115.07 |
| Group Treatment | ||
|
Group Consultation (per person) | SW602G | $34.66 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | SW630 | $115.07 |
| 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. | SW640* | $126.58 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request, will incur a GST on the applicable TAC maximum fee. | SW641* | $126.58 |
| 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. | ||
Not registered for GST
Not registered for GST
| Not Registered for GST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | 2025/26 Maximum Payment Rate | 2024/25 Maximum Payment Rate |
| Reports | |||
| Report When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | SW640F | $117.95 | $115.07 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request, will incur a GST on the applicable TAC maximum fee. | SW641F | $117.95 | $115.07 |
| 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. | |||
GST
If your business entity is not registered for GST, then you must only claim the lower of the rates provided at each item number. This is the "Maximum Payment rate - Non registered for GST". A business entity not registered for GST:
- Is not legally permitted to charge GST; and
- Should indicate on all invoices submitted your status as 'not registered for GST'
A business entity that is registered for GST should claim the higher rates provided at each item number. This is the "Maximum Payment Rate - Registered for GST". Where TAC believes an item is a taxable supply, an allowance for GST has been factored into the payment rate. You should not markup GST on the Maximum Payment Rate quoted for a GST registered entity.
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Social work feesEffective 1 July 2025 The TAC has extended the funding of temporary telehealth services previously scheduled to end on 30 September 2020 until further notice, giving clients the ongoing convenience and flexibility of accessing their services from home. Social work services can be invoiced online via HICAPS Digital for next business day payments. 2025/26 rates
2024/25 rates
Not registered for GST
2025/26 rates
2024/25 rates
Not registered for GST
GST If your business entity is not registered for GST, then you must only claim the lower of the rates provided at each item number. This is the "Maximum Payment rate - Non registered for GST". A business entity not registered for GST:
A business entity that is registered for GST should claim the higher rates provided at each item number. This is the "Maximum Payment Rate - Registered for GST". Where TAC believes an item is a taxable supply, an allowance for GST has been factored into the payment rate. You should not markup GST on the Maximum Payment Rate quoted for a GST registered entity. |
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