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You may be eligible for financial assistance through the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES) if you’re a sportsperson or professional entertainer.
Check your eligibility
The requirements you need to meet to be eligible for TFES depends on whether you are claiming as a sportsperson or a professional entertainer. You must have also incurred and paid a freight cost.
You’re not eligible if any of the following apply:
- you’re a freight forwarder
- you’re a shipping company
- you arrange or advise on shipping
- you advise on TFES
- you set the price of shipping
You’re also not eligible if you’re in a non-arm’s length relationship with the freight forwarder or shipping company. If you’re not sure if your business has a non-arm’s length relationship, you can call our Tasmanian Transport Schemes team for more information.
Sportspersons
To be eligible you must be competing in a sporting event where prize money or other financial reward is offered. The sporting event must be the primary purpose of your trip.
You, or your talent agent, must have incurred and paid the freight costs.
We decide eligibility on a case by case basis.
Professional entertainers
To be eligible you must get an income, fee or financial reward from performing in a show or event.
We decide eligibility on a case by case basis. We’ll also consider:
- if entertainment is your occupation or main source of income
- if entertainment is the primary purpose of your trip.
Register
You need to register for TFES and have your eligibility confirmed by us before you submit your first claim.
You can register at any time, including before you’re ready to ship goods.
To apply to claim shipments, download and fill in the TFES - Registration and change of details form. In Question 13, select the Other option and detail which category you are claiming under in the box below
When you’ve completed the form, send it to us using the instructions on the form.
Once you’ve sent us your registration form, we’ll determine if you’re eligible to claim shipments. If we have questions about your application, we’ll contact you.
You’ll get a letter telling you the outcome.
If you’re eligible to claim, we’ll send you an email with:
- your logon ID
- your temporary password
- instructions about how to claim TFES.
Updating your details
We recommend you update your details as soon as they change. This includes:
- your bank account
- your signatories, if you nominated them
- your business details
- your business activities.
You can update your details by downloading and filling in the TFES - Registration and change of details form.
You should also complete this form if you haven’t claimed TFES for more than 5 years.
When you’ve finished filling in the form, send it to us using the instructions on the form.