Guides

The NDIS rules, in plain English.

For independent support workers running their own books. Each guide is checked against the official documents, the NDIA's, the NDIS Commission's or the ATO's, with the sources at the bottom, and every price is read from the list George bills by.

• NDIS invoice checkerA free tool: check each line of an invoice against the NDIS price list for the day it was delivered, the right item for the time band, travel and the claim time limits.Read it
• NDIS price guide 2026-27 for support workersThe 2026-27 price limits for self-care, community access, sleepovers and household tasks in every time band, with item numbers, read from the NDIA's catalogue.Read it
• How to invoice the NDIS as an independent support workerWhat has to be on an NDIS invoice, who you send it to for plan-managed, self-managed and NDIA-managed participants, why invoices get knocked back, and the claim time limits from 1 December 2026.Read it
• NDIS time bands: evening, night, weekend and public holiday ratesWhen an NDIS shift counts as daytime, evening, night, Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, what each pays, and why a shift that crosses into the next band bills whole at the higher rate. With a shift rate calculator.Read it
• NDIS short-notice cancellations: what a support worker can chargeWhen you can charge for a cancelled NDIS shift, how to count the 7 days, what your service agreement has to say first, and how the claim goes on the invoice.Read it
• Claiming NDIS travel: kilometres, parking and tollsWhat a support worker can claim for driving to and between participants, the NDIS kilometre limit, why driving the participant is a different claim, and how it differs from the ATO's cents per kilometre.Read it
• Do independent support workers need to be NDIS registered?Who has to register with the NDIS Commission and who doesn't, what changed in 2026, what's coming from July 2027, and what applies to every worker either way. Checked against the Commission and the 2026 Act.Read it
• NDIS progress notes and shift notes, with a free templateWhat the NDIA says a progress or shift note needs, how to write a good one, a free template to copy, download for Word or print as a PDF, and filled-in examples for personal care, community access and household tasks.Read it
• NDIS service agreement template for sole tradersA free NDIS service agreement template for independent support workers, following the NDIA's new template: what each section is for, with the cancellation, travel and GST wording filled in, to copy or download for Word.Read it
• GST, the ABN and tax for independent NDIS support workersDo you charge GST on NDIS supports, when you have to register, getting an ABN, what you can claim (kilometres included), the 80% rule and putting tax aside, each answer from the ATO's own pages.Read it

Starting out? How to become an independent NDIS support worker is a checklist from your ABN to your first shift.