CCS calculator
Work out roughly what you'd pay at any Treasured Tots centre after the Child Care Subsidy, per day, per week and per fortnight.
Estimate your gap fee
Estimate only; confirm with Services Australia. Before the 5% CCS withholding. 2026–27 hourly rate cap $15.19.
How we work it out
Four steps, shown
- Start with the daily feeEach centre's daily fee covers the whole session.
- Apply the hourly capThe Government subsidises up to $15.19 an hour in 2026–27. An 11.5-hour session is capped at $174.69 a day.
- Take off your CCS percentageYour percentage of the lower of the fee and the cap is paid to us by Services Australia.
- What's left is your gapShown before the 5% withholding Services Australia keeps back until the end of the financial year.
Good to know
CCS in plain words
In your Centrelink online account through myGov.
Services Australia sets it from your family income. It can be up to 90% for your first child, and up to 95% for a second or younger child aged 5 or under.
Services Australia holds back 5% of your CCS by default and pays it once your family income is confirmed.
You can change the withholding in your Centrelink account. Our estimates are before the withholding.
At least 72 hours a fortnight for every eligible family, under the 3 Day Guarantee.
Families with 48 or more hours of work, study or volunteering a fortnight can get up to 100 hours.
Bicton's $189.38 fee is above the hourly cap, so CCS is worked out on $174.69 and you also pay the $14.69 difference.
Hamersley ($3.05 a day) and Bibra Lake ($3.05 a day) are just above the cap too. Every other centre is under it.
Get it worked out with you
On your tour, the centre director works out your fee after CCS with your real days and percentage.