Australian Passenger Movement Charge (PMC) - Calculation
The PMC is an Australian tax charged for passengers departing Australia.
It is calculated at a flat fee of AUD 70 per passenger, and it does not depend on the passengers' final destination.
The following exemptions apply:
- Domestic flights
- Children under the age of 12
- Transit passengers
- Crew members, including positioning crew
- Traditional inhabitants of Torres Strait Islands or Papua New Guinea in connection with the performance of traditional activities in the Torres Strait and adjacent territory [Exemption Not Applied]
- Members of a foreign defense force departing on a military aircraft or ship as part of their military employment, including their spouses and/or children [Exemption Not Applied]
- Emergency passengers landing in Australia for reasons beyond their control [Exemption Not Applied]
- Passengers on single journeys departing Australia more than once is only liable to pay PMC once [Exemption Not Applied]
- Diplomats or consular representatives of countries other than Australia, including their family and staff travelling on diplomatic passport with subclass visa 995 or 403 [Exemption Not Applied]
- Passengers departing Australia to an installation in the Greater Sunrise special regime area for petroleum prospecting purposes or undertaking petroleum operations [Exemption Not Applied]
- Protective service officers (as defined in the Australian Federal Police Act 1979) with the purpose of enhancing the aircraft security [Exemption Not Applied]
- Passengers travelling to an Indian Ocean Territory (Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands), unless they intend to depart from there for an overseas destination [Exemption Not Applied]
- When travelling between the Australian mainland and/or an Indian Ocean Territory can only be reasonably done by first departing for another country, provided the stay in the other country does not exceed seven days [Exemption Not Applied]