The surcharge may apply when a taxi passenger pays for a fare using non-cash payment options, including credit, debit and charge cards.
Taxi non-cash payment surcharge
Overview
We set the maximum surcharge that applies when a taxi passenger pays for a fare using non-cash payment options, including credit, debit and charge cards.
We review the surcharge every two years.
Current maximum surcharge
The current determination sets out the maximum taxi non-cash payment surcharge.
The current maximum surcharge is:
- 4 per cent for most non-cash payment methods
- 6 per cent for Cabcharge payment instruments.
2024 review of maximum unbooked fares and non-cash payment surcharge
On 16 August 2024, we completed our review of the current maximum unbooked taxi fares and non-cash payment surcharge.
Our final decision was to keep the maximum non-cash payment surcharges for taxi services in Victoria unchanged.