Queensland Public Trustee is proposing to reform its fees and charges for the following key services:
- financial management
- deceased estates
- trust administration.
Objectives of the proposed fees and charges reform are to:
- Take all practical steps to ensure that customers pay no more in fees than what it cost the Queensland Public Trustee to provide the service.
- Ensure any fee increases consider both social implications, including cost-of-living challenges, and Queensland Public Trustee’s long-term financial sustainability.
- Increase cost recovery from deceased estate administration, while ensuring that any transition to higher fees occurs gradually to prevent a significant restriction of access for vulnerable customers.
- Simplify Queensland Public Trustee’s fee structures to make them easier to understand.
- Ensure that any subsidy provided to customers is a deliberate government decision that balances the public interest and the cost of community service obligation commitments.
To inform public discussion and feedback, the Queensland Public Trustee: Fees and charges for key services - public consultation paper provides detailed fee reform options for key services.
The paper also includes discussion about fee rebates and fees for Will-making services and welcomes feedback for future consideration.
Consultation is now open and will close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 8 May 2024.
Visit the Queensland Public Trustee website for more information and to submit your feedback.
