Funding to encourage ongoing investment and innovation in the Australian automotive industry
Automotive Transformation Scheme (ATS)
What do you get?
You can receive cash payments to cover eligible investment in research and development, and plant and equipment. You can also receive cash payments for activities related to the production of motor vehicles, engines and engine components.
Who is this for?
You must be an Australian motor vehicle producer (MVP) or you must be a non-MVP. a non-MVP includes the following; Automotive Component Producer (ACP); Automotive Machine Tool and Automotive Tooling Producer (AMTP); or Automotive Service Provider (ASP).
Eligibility
What are the eligibility criteria?
Applications for registration in the ATS are open to:
- Australian motor vehicle producers (MVPs)
- Australian automotive component producers (ACPs)
- Australian automotive machine tool and automotive tooling producers (AMTPs)
- Australian automotive service providers (ASPs)
Businesses including individual companies or a group of companies can apply.
Motor vehicle producers
You must either:
- produce at least 30,000 motor vehicles annually in Australia, or
- produce at least 30,000 engines annually in Australia.
Automotive component producers
- You must produce at least one kind of automotive component in Australia for use as original equipment in at least 30,000 motor vehicles or engines annually, and
- The production value for that component must be at least $500,000 in the previous 12 months
Or:
- You must produce automotive components in Australia for use as original equipment with a production value of at least $500,000 annually, and
- The production value must be at least 50% of the value of all automotive components produced by you in that period.
Automotive machine tool and automotive tooling producers
- You must produce automotive machine tools or automotive tooling in Australia with a production value of at least $500,000 annually, and
- At least 50% of that production value must be for tools and tooling used to produce original equipment.
Automotive Service Providers
- You must provide automotive services in Australia with a production value of at least $500,000 a year, and
- At least 50% of that production value was for services related to production of motor vehicles or original equipment
Applications for registration may also be assessed on forward sales and production values.
If you do not meet the eligibility criteria
You may seek Ministerial permission to apply for registration in the national interest. The details of how to apply are in Customer Guideline 4 – Registration in the national interest.
Applying
How do you apply?
The Automotive Transformation Scheme (ATS) is closed to applications.
We’ll write to you within 60 days of receiving your application and business plan.
If we need further information to process your application, we’ll let you know. This will increase the timeframe for notifying you about your application.
If we approve your application, we’ll confirm the registration and provide your ATS registration number.
To receive a payment, you must lodge a quarterly return within 45 days from the end of each quarter.
We’ll pay directly into your bank account, once we process your quarterly return.
If we do not approve your application, we’ll advise you and include the reasons why.
Need help?
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Key documents
Customer guideline 9 – Ministerial permission to continue registration in the national interest
pdf · 0.37 MB docx · 0.12 MBATS fact sheet
pdf · 0.42 MBExtension of time to lodge quarterly return
pdf · 0.14 MBModulation fact sheet
pdf · 0.13 MBNational interest fact sheet
pdf · 0.17 MB