Element E384 - Amount charged
Description
Amount charged for the unit of study or student services and amenities fee.
Input Packets
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Validations
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Format
| Code category | Element (E) |
|---|---|
| Element # | 384 |
| Element Type: | Decimal |
| Width: | 7(2) |
| Version Revision Date: | |
| Version: | 7.00 |
| Years version active: | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Allowable Values
NILAmounts for exempt students need to be reported as 0.
Overseas students who are not subject to the minimum indicative fee requirements can be reported as 0.
If the student is in an employer reserved place/restricted access place, the amount charged must only be the amount charged of the student. It must not include the employer contribution amount or loan fee.
Higher Education only
For information on how to calculate the amount charged for HECS‑HELP student data please refer to the glossary - Calculating amounts for HECS-HELP eligible students.
TCSI Support Change History
| Revision Data | Change Details | Change Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-25 | Update to coding note |
VET Student Loans Secretary Notice update July 2025 |
| 2023-12-21 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
| 2022-12-19 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
| 2022-12-16 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
| 2021-11-19 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
| 2020-06-30 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
| 2019-09-24 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
| 2017-09-18 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students |
For accuracy in reporting |
Summary
Element 384 was included as part of the Higher Education Student data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Opens in a new window: Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) which was implemented in 2005 and was revised to "Total amount charged". Prior to the reporting of data in 2005 it was modified to 8 characters to include the reporting of cents. The element was included in the VET FEE‑HELP data collection in 2009. There have been updates to coding notes for HECS‑HELP and SA‑HELP for this element for clarification
Table 1. Change control information with links to relevant versions 1
| First year version applied | Last year version applied | Version | Change | Reason for change | Notice date | Issue date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Current | 7.10 | Update to coding notes | VET Student Loans Secretary Notice update July 2025 | 8 July 2025 | 8 July 2025 |
| 2021 | 2025 | 7.00 | Incremental version number applied. | A new version number is applied to mark the transition from the Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS) to the Tertiary Collection of Information (TCSI). | 3 Jul 2020 | 3 Jul 2020 |
| 2018 | 2020 | 6.00 | Update to coding notes that only applies to higher education Commonwealth supported students | For accuracy in reporting | 18 Sep 2017 | 18 Sep 2017 |
| 2017 | 2017 | 5.00 | Updated coding notes to remove reference to HECS‑HELP status and discount calculations for Commonwealth supported students who pay their student contributions up front. | Removal of HECS‑HELP discount for Commonwealth supported students who pay their contributions up front. | 24 Aug 2016 | 24 Aug 2016 |
| 2015 | 2016 | 4.00 | Re‑format document to conform with the department's application upgrade | Ministerial Notice document system upgrade | 22 May 2014 | 22 May 2014 |
| 2013 | 2014 | 3.30 | Update of code description and coding notes | Clarification | 14 Feb 2012 | 18 Dec 2012 |
| 2012 | 2012 | 3.20 | Update of coding notes to clarify how HECS‑HELP eligible students maybe reported | For Clarification | 14 Feb 2012 | 14 Feb 2012 |
| 2012 | 2012 | 3.10 | Update of coding notes that describe how SA‑HELP data for this element is to be reported. | New reporting requirement | 11 Mar 2011 | 7 Dec 2011 |
| 2012 | 2012 | 3.00 | New versioning applied to data elements | No change in requirements - Implementation of new document management system. | 11 Mar 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 |
| 2009 | 2011 | 1.40 | Addition of coding notes and update of element description to accommodate use by VET providers | Introduction of VET FEE‑HELP | 5 Dec 2008 | 5 Dec 2008 |
| 2006 | 2008 | 1.30 | Code meanings modified to reflect Australian Bureau of Statistics classification. | For clarification | 18 Dec 2006 | 18 Dec 2006 |
| 2006 | 2006 | 1.20 | Addition of coding notes | Clarification of legislative requirements. To clarify that the amount charged for Commonwealth supported students must have zero centres when aggregated to the unit of study | 12 Jul 2006 | 12 Jul 2006 |
| 2005 | 2006 | 1.10 | Element has been expanded to 8 characters to include cents | Required for accurate reporting of HELP up‑front payments at unit of study level | 26 Apr 2005 | 26 Apr 2005 |
| 2005 | 2005 | 1.00 | Coding and code meanings modified to support the policy and program initiatives under HESA | Implementation of new policy and initiatives under HESA 2003. | 9 Dec 2004 | 9 Dec 2004 |
| Pre‑HESA: Element 384 was included in the original Higher Education student data collection in 1989. It was revised to "Amount paid up front" and continued as part of the student data collection under the new policy and program initiatives introduced under the Opens in a new window: Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) which was implemented in 2005. There have been no significant coding changes to the coding of this element. | ||||||
Note 1: A version of an element can be associated with one or more reporting years. Where there are multiple versions applicable to a reporting year, only a link to the latest version is provided.
