Fees for commercial broadcasters
We have fees for commercial broadcasters. These fees are called commercial broadcasting taxes.
These fees do not apply to:
- national broadcasters
- community broadcasters
- any other apparatus licences
Fees for commercial broadcasters are detailed in the commercial broadcasting transmitter licence fee schedule.
Pay your invoice
You have 28 days to pay your invoice.
If you don’t pay on time, there are penalties. Our current penalty rate is 20% per year.
If the person who handles invoices in your organisation changes, you should tell us.
How we calculate fees
We charge licence fees each year.
Your first licence fee will be due after we issue your licence and give you an invoice.
We will send you an assessment and invoice on, or soon after, each anniversary of when we issued the licence.
Rebates for commercial broadcasting taxes
The Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) (Transmitter Licence Tax Rebate) Rules 2024 provide for 4 years of rebates for holders of commercial television and radio broadcasting licences that were previously eligible for transitional support payments. These rebates began to be applied on 9 June 2024.
Rules for licence fees
This legislation helps us determine how we charge for commercial broadcasting transmitter licences: