Charitable and community service concessions
Concession details
Charitable and community service concessions support the important work of eligible Queensland not-for-profits by providing vehicle registration fee discounts or exemptions. Organisations may also be eligible to claim vehicle registration duty exemptions, which is a separate scheme with different criteria that is managed by the Queensland Revenue Office.
The charitable concession exempts an approved organisation from paying the registration and traffic improvement fee on nominated eligible vehicles registered to the organisation. The only payment required is the compulsory third party (CTP) insurance premium. The concession can be applied to more than one vehicle, which includes light or heavy motor vehicles and trailers.
The community service concession enables an approved organisation to pay a reduced registration fee for nominated eligible vehicles registered to the organisation. The full traffic improvement fee and CTP insurance premium are payable. The concession can be applied to more than one vehicle, which includes light and heavy motor vehicles and load carrying trailers (not equipment trailers) with an aggregate trailer mass (ATM) of 4.5t or more. Trailers with an ATM of 4.5t or less are not eligible for this concession.
Eligibility requirements
An organisation applying for either the charitable concession or the community service concession must be:
- a legal entity
- registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
- a public benevolent institution
- endorsed by the Australian Tax Office as a tax deductable gift recipient.
To apply for a charitable concession, an organisation must also:
- be established solely
- for a charitable purpose as defined by the Collections Act 1966
- to assist persons in distress.
- supply direct help, relief or support to, or the education or instruction (whether spiritual, mental, physical, technical, social, or otherwise) of, or the care, housing or assistance otherwise of, any persons in distress.
Alternatively, an organisation can apply for a community service concession if one of its purposes is to provide help to persons in distress.
Definition of persons in distress
Persons in distress is defined as any person in distress as a result of:
- death or disability of another person on whom they were wholly or partly dependent
- disease, sickness, age, physical or mental infirmity, destitution, unemployment
- fire, flood, cyclone, drought, war or other emergency or catastrophe.
Vehicle usage
Organisations applying for a charitable or community service concession are required to declare how the vehicles will be used on the concession application form.
Vehicles must be used solely to deliver the services of the organisation in assisting persons in distress, for example:
- collecting and delivering food parcels
- providing in-home nursing care
- attending medical appointments with dependent clients
- transporting clients to a secure location (in cases of domestic violence).
Conditions of use
For a full list, refer to section 6 conditions of use in the assessment for a charitable or community service concession application (F4508).
How to apply
Complete the assessment for a charitable or community service concession application (F4508).
You must also provide:
- your organisation’s constitution
- a copy of your organisation’s Australian Business Number lookup summary.
Your application cannot be considered until all documentation is provided. If approved, you will get a concession on nominated eligible vehicles from the date the application was received. If a vehicle is partway through a registration period at the time of your application, the concession will apply to the next registration period.
Send your application to:
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Registration Policy Unit
Registration and Licensing
PO Box 673
FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006
or
Email your application to LAVR@tmr.qld.gov.au
Organisations already approved for a charitable or community service concession and are adding additional vehicle/s
Complete the registration concession application (F4508) and take it to your nearest transport and motoring customer service centre or, if you live in a rural area, a QGAP office, Magistrates Court or local police station that provides vehicle registration services—please call to confirm before visiting.