DRIVE NOW October/November 2021

NEW SOUTH WALES news
NSW News
Passenger
Service
Levy and
SMARTMOVE DISPATCHER
SmartMove Systems
– A strategic partner
of the NSW Taxi
Council has recently
launched a new
feature on its Taxi
Dispatch System
– SmartMove,
that will help Taxi
Service Providers
(Taxi Networks),
Operators and
Drivers collect,
report and pay the
Passenger Service
Levy (PSL) on the
driver/operator’s
behalf.
This newly installed feature allows Networks to:
• Collect pre-payment of the levy by debiting the driver’s credit card.
• Set the debit to be automatic when the driver’s balance is below a
threshold.
• Run a Driver Credit Management report which will highlight those Drivers
with low balances (e.g. their direct debit failed).
• Run Job Totals to report and pay the levy to the appropriate authorities on
the Driver’s behalf.
For the Drivers, the feature:
• Allows the driver to add a credit card to set and forget paying the levy.
• Shows their current levy credit balance on the Driver’s Portal along with all
the transactions that occurred.
• Warns the driver via a Driver message when their balance is below
threshold.
Discussing the new feature of SmartMove’s dispatch system, Adam Thornley
– Business Development Manager, SmartMove said, “Some Taxi networks pay
for third party products to manage the collection of the various passenger
service levies from the Driver/Operator of the Taxi. The new PSL collection
feature minimises the hassles and headaches Service Providers face associated
with managing the collection, reporting and payment of the various state
passenger service levies to meet their own State’s regulatory obligations, saving
administration hours.”
8 October/November 2021