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# Fee Discounts (Non-Prescribed)

# Fee Discounts (Non-Prescribed)

From **Monday, 7 Jul 2025**, the Department of Education outlines specific rules for managing third-party payments—contributions made by entities other than families—to help cover early childhood education and care (ECEC) fees. 
These rules ensure compliance with Family Assistance Law and maintain the integrity of the Child Care Subsidy (CCS) system.

|| For further information see: [Reporting other Third-Party Payments & Discounts](https://www.education.gov.au/early-childhood/providers/howto/manage-payments-fees/third-party-payments-discounts/other-discounts)

### What is considered a **Fee/Non-Prescribed Discount**?

Non-prescribed discounts include:
* provider loyalty discount or enrolment incentives for families
* provider discounts for administration staff
* fees paid by employers
* fees paid by an Adult Migrant English Program service provider.
* Are **NOT** mandatory to report


### Rules vs Direct Discount
| Type | Description |
| ---- |
| Rules | Are a set of conditions (filters) that decide when a discount applies and will automatically be applied e.g. A rule that applies a discount to all bookings in a certain room or for a certain session. Rules are checked whenever bookings are created, edited or reassessed. |
| Direct Discounts (Amount/Percentage or Code) | Are fixed discounts that you apply directly to selected bookings. Doesn't depend on conditions or rules, you decide when and where to apply them |

### Creating Fee Discounts (Non-Prescribed)

||| Note: Any currently applied Fee Discounts will continue after the Xap Discounts release and will not need to be recreated.

1. Select the **Discount Setup** icon from the **Settings** menu

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1dv3j3h.png)

2. Select the green **+Add** button

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_26ba1d.png)

3. Select the **Centre name**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_cgt3op.png)

**This example will be for Service Enrolment Discount**
4. Add the name of the discount
5. Select Fee Discount
6. Select the Discount Category
* Employer Subsidy
* Other third-party payments
* Provider enrolment incentives
* **Other provider discounts**
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_173hop2.png)
7. Add in the **description** (This will appear on your Family invoices & statements)
8. Select Discount Method eg. Code
9. Set **Bookings from** date
10. **Set Discount type - $** or % and add amount e.g. 10%
11. Add **Discount Code**
12. **Validate** Code
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1e57ci2.png)
13. Select **Save**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_15tjj4q.png)

**Discounts screen will display the Type of Fee Discount & Category as well as how it will be applied.**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_s1ur1.png)

| For more information regarding Discounts within Xap see: [Help Page - Managing Discounts within Xap](https://help.xap.rocks/en/article/help-page-managing-discounts-in-xap-1v0ej2s/)