Accreditation fees

Accreditation is a requirement for any residential aged care service that wants to receive Commonwealth funding.

The process includes an assessment to ensure the service meets the Aged Care Quality Standards.

If a service is commencing or recommencing, a flat fee applies. If a service is getting re-accredited, fees are based on the number of allocated places. This includes both accredited services and previously accredited services.

GST doesn't apply to these fees. The Commission also doesn't issue receipts of invoices for accreditation fees that have been paid.

Fees to commence and recommence services

The application fee to commence or recommence a residential aged care service is $1,180. This is a flat rate and doesn’t change regardless of the number of places offered by a service.

Fees for accredited or previously accredited services

The applicable 2024-25 fees for re-accreditation with an annual adjustment based on indexation are shown in the table below.

Number of allocated places for a service	Application fee	Application fee for services receiving a fee reduction
1 to 9	$3,121	$0
10 to 24	$6,151	$0
25 to 80	$12,304	$6,152
81 to 160	$17,718	$8,859
161 or more	$23,188	$11,594

Reaccreditation fee reductions

Services with fewer than 25 places get a 50% discount in accreditation fees.

Following the introduction of the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) on 1 October 2022, the base care tariff incorporates the previous ACFI supplements, including the viability supplement. From April 2023, the Commission is continuing a reduction in re-accreditation fees for services which meet the following criteria:

Discount qualification	Fee payable
Modified Monash Model (MMM) category 4 and 25-29 places MMM category 5 and 25-39 places MMM category 6-7 or with specialised homeless or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status and more than 24 places	Half of applicable fee
more than 24 places and specialised homeless or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status	Half of applicable fee
less than 25 places and in MMM categories 4-7 or with specialised homeless or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status	Nil fee

For information on accreditation processes, visit our Accreditation of commencing services and Re-accreditation of residential services pages.

How to pay

You can pay for accreditation or re-accreditation by eftpos or cheque.

Bank transfer

You can transfer payments to the Commission.

Account name: ACQSC Departmental External Revenue
BSB: 062 000
Account number: 1717 7204

If you're paying for a single service, include your Residential Aged Care Service Identifier (RACS ID) and the service name in the description. If you're paying for multiple services, include your RACS IDs and provider name instead.

After you've completed the bank transfer, email your proof of payment to finance@agedcarequality.gov.au. For each service, make sure you include:

name of service
RACS ID
fee paid

Make sure you also include the total value transferred to the Commission.

Cheques

Cheques should be paid to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Ensure you also include the service’s name and RACS ID on the back.

If the cheque is for more than 1 service, make sure you include the RACS ID and fee being paid for each service.

Cost Recovery

The Australian Government applies cost recovery for the accreditation of residential service. This involves providers paying the Commission a fee for accreditation and reaccreditation of residential services.

Implementation statement

A Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) outlines cost recovery arrangements for approved providers of residential services. It covers how approved providers with residential services pay fees and charges for the cost of accreditation of those services.

For more information about cost recovery, visit our Cost recovery for accreditation page.