COVID-19 NSW: Business, Individuals – Taxi Industry COVID-19 Support Package

This program aims to provide support for registered owners of wheelchair accessible taxis (WATs) and currently operational taxis, who have been impacted by COVID-19.

The package will provide eligible owners with a subsidy per vehicle to assist with on-road costs such as CTP insurance and registration​.

There is no need to apply, a cheque for $2,900 will be automatically paid to eligible registered taxi operators.

The taxi must remain registered for six months from the date of receiving the payment. If the vehicle is de-registered the support payment may need to be re-paid.

Eligible applicants must meet the following requirements:
1. Wheelchair Accessible Taxi (WAT) Assistance Payment
- Be registered in NSW.
- Be the individual or company registered vehicle operator (owner as per registration records) of a NSW Wheelchair Accessible Taxi with an associated taxi licence, where the WAT vehicle is registered either:
a) In the applicant's name as an individual.
b) In the company name.
- Be associated with an eligible licence on issue at 1 May 2020.
- Be registered at the date of application.
- Declare that the applicant will keep the WAT vehicle registered until for six months from date of application – de-registering the vehicle may result in any payment made having to be repaid.
- Not have applied for a ‘taxi assistance’ payment for the same vehicle.

2. Taxi Assistance Payment (non-WAT)
- Be registered in NSW.
- Be the individual or company registered vehicle operator (owner as per registration records) of a NSW taxi with an associated taxi licence, where the vehicle was registered on 1 May 2020 either:
a) In the applicant's name as an individual.
b) In the company name.
- Have kept the taxi registered continuously since 1 May 2020; or re-registered the vehicle by 30 June 2020, and registered at the date of application.
- Declare that the applicant will keep the taxi vehicle registered for six months from date of application – de-registering the vehicle may result in any payment made having to be repaid.

3. Annual taxi licence fees waiver
- Be the holder of a taxi licence which has been issued for a period of 12 months, can be renewed and a fee is payable to the government at the time of renewal. Eligible annual taxi licence holders will be contacted directly by the Point to Point
Transport Commissioner to arrange either a refund or waiver of 50% of the annual taxi licence fees paid or payable in the financial year 2019-2020.

4. Authorisation fees for service providers
- For a waiver of the first $500 of the authorisation fee payable for financial year 2018-2019 by service providers, applicants must have been authorised by the NSW Point to Point Transport Commissioner as a service provider between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 and be liable to pay authorisation fees for that period. The waiver of the first $500 of the authorisation fee will be reflected in the Authorisation Fee Notice issued by the Commissioner.