Tax Appeal Fee Calculator

1. Choose the forum

   Commissioner (Appeals) first, or straight to the Appellate Tribunal — your call since the Finance Act 2025.

2. Say what you are appealing

   An assessment order or any other order — the Commissioner (Appeals) fee differs.

3. Choose your taxpayer type

   Companies pay a higher fee than individuals and AOPs at both forums.

4. Note the deadline

   Thirty days of service or receipt of the order at either forum.

One fee covers one appeal against one order, however many grounds it raises. Challenging assessments for three tax years means three appeals and three fees, even where the issue is identical in each.

That is worth knowing before deciding how many years to contest, because the arithmetic of a small disputed amount across several years can turn against you once fees and professional costs are counted.

Paying the fee does not pause recovery

Filing an appeal, fee paid and properly lodged, does not by itself stop the department recovering the demand. A stay has to be sought separately. Taxpayers who assume the appeal freezes the position sometimes find the money recovered from a bank account while the appeal is pending.

Think about the forum before the fee

The fee is a small part of the cost of an appeal. Which forum you go to first affects how long the matter takes, what evidence can still be introduced, and what the route onward looks like. Choosing on the basis of the filing fee is optimising the smallest number in the exercise.

Where this stops

This gives the prescribed fee and the deadline for the forum and order type you select. It does not assess the merits, and a fee correctly paid on a hopeless appeal is still money spent.