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If you require assistance, please contact the Levies team on 1800 020 619 or email levies.management@aff.gov.au.
Before you lodge your first return, you will need to register with us to receive a five-digit LRS number.
Penalties apply when you don’t meet your obligations under levies laws.
You should ensure that your returns, payments and records are accurate and paid on time.
The levies national compliance program assists Australian businesses understand and comply with levy and charge laws.
You must lodge returns and pay levies or charges based on the rate and frequency set for your product.
Make sure you are aware of your obligations before you lodge and pay.
Fastest way to lodge your returns via our online system
Wine Australia
5 July 2019
30 September 2019
Grape research (fresh grapes and dried grapes) and wine grapes
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
31 May 2019
28 July 2019
Sugar Cane
Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
12 June 2019
28 October 2019
Coarse grains, grain legumes, oilseeds and wheat
For research and development corporations (RDCs) with established levy payer registers.
RDCs can use this portal to access details of levy and charge rates, levy and charge payers and disbursements.
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, May 2025
An updated guide for research and development corporations (RDCs) and third parties about the use and disclosure of information held on a levy payer register will be released later in 2025.
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Levy and charge payers can use this portal to access and manage the information we collect.
You can only access information about yourself and the levies or charges you pay on the portal, if the research and development corporation (RDC) your levies are paid to has established a levy payer register for that commodity. This means that some of the levies you pay may not be included in the portal because the relevant RDC has not established a register for that commodity.
You can register for your account on the levy payer portal.
For some products, we maintain a database of the details of individuals and organisations who pay levies and charges. We call this a levy payer register (LPR).
We establish each levy payer register on request by the relevant research and development corporations (RDCs). The aim is to enable RDCs, as key levy recipient bodies, to identify and consult directly with the levy and charge payers who fund their activities.
