# Additional Charges Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/charges/additional-charges > Add an additional charge to a direct or group support, such as non-face-to-face work. Scheduling add-on - This feature requires the Scheduling add-on, which is available on Astalty Premium. See How to enable Scheduling. ## Overview Additional Charges add one or more manual charge lines to a direct or group support. The Charge Item must be available through the Participant's plan on the support date. > **Supports that run past midnight** > > If the support spans more than one day, each charge also has a **Date of Service** field so you can put the charge on the day it was delivered. See [Service Dates on Support Charges](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/charges/service-dates). ## Adding an Additional Charge ### Direct Supports When creating a Direct Support, select the Participant and complete the support details. Open **Additional Charges & Centre Capital**, then select **Add an Additional Charge**. ![The Who & When section of the support creation form with Direct Support selected and highlighted, beside the Group Support option.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-5.png) ![The support creation form scrolled to the highlighted Additional Charges & Centre Capital section, which has no charges yet, with an arrow pointing to the Add an Additional Charge button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-6.png) Complete these fields: - **Charge Item** from the dropdown, - insert a **Quantity**, - select the **Claim Type**, and - provide an optional **Description** and **Additional Details**. The description can appear on the invoice; Additional Details are for internal use. When you're ready, select 'Add Charge'. ![The Additional Charges & Centre Capital section with the new charge panel highlighted, showing empty Charge Item, Quantity, Claim Type, Description and Additional Details fields, and an arrow pointing to the Add Charge button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charge-2.png) Once you've added a charge, it will be listed within the Additional Charges of that support. You can continue to add further additional charges by selecting "+ Add an Additional Charge", or you can finish creating (or editing) the direct support. ![The Additional Charges & Centre Capital section with a highlighted card for the Activity Based Transport Charge Item showing Qty 25, Direct and the description Return trip to Chandler Aquatic Centre, plus a three-dot menu, above the Add an Additional Charge button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-3.png) Before creating the support, use the three dot menu on a charge to **Edit** or **Remove** it. ### Group Supports When creating a Group Support, complete the support and Participant details. Open **Additional Charges**, then select **Add an Additional Charge**. ![The Who & When section of the support creation form with Group Support selected beside Direct Support.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-10.png) ![The Participants section of the Group Support form with 3 Participants Selected highlighted, above the cards for Wendy Heathcote and Theodore Buckridge, each with the Support Worker Abigail Tran and the GROUP Charge Item Set.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-11.png) Here you can select the: - **Charge Item** from the dropdown, - insert a **Quantity**, - select the **Claim Type**, and - provide an optional **Description** and **Additional Details**, and - choose whether to **Apportion** the charge. When you're ready, select 'Add Charge'. ![The highlighted new charge panel in the Additional Charges section of a Group Support, with the GROUP\_KM\_NOT\_DURING Charge Item, a quantity of 30 units, the Provider Travel claim type, a description, additional details and Apportion Charge selected. An arrow points to the Add Charge button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-13.png) Once you've added a charge, it will be listed within the Additional Charges of that support. You can continue to add further additional charges by selecting "+ Add an Additional Charge", or you can finish creating (or editing) the group support. After the group support is created, review the resulting charge on each Participant's child support. Apportioning controls how the quantity is divided; it does not create one shared charge line. ![The Additional Charges section of a Group Support with a highlighted card for the Provider Travel Charge Item showing Qty 30, TRAN, Apportion Charge and the description Bus pick-up run.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-14.png) Before creating the support, use the three dot menu to **Edit** or **Remove** a charge. ![The Additional Charges section of a Group Support listing a Provider Travel charge, with its highlighted three-dot menu open showing Edit and Remove.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-17.png) If you are editing the charge, make your adjustments and then select 'Update Charge'. ![The highlighted edit panel for a Provider Travel charge on a Group Support, with its Charge Item, a quantity of 30 units, the Provider Travel claim type, description, additional details and Apportion Charge selected, and an arrow pointing to the Update Charge button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-18.png) ## Editing Additional Charges of existing Supports ### Direct Supports To edit an additional charge on an existing support, open the support and go to the **Finance** tab. > **Jump straight to the invoice** > > Once a charge has been invoiced, an invoice icon appears next to the Charge Item name in the Finance tab. Hover over it to see the invoice number, then click the icon or number to open that invoice in a new tab. See [Opening an Invoice from a Charge](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/finance/invoicing/invoices/opening-an-invoice-from-a-charge) for more. ![An existing support open on its Details tab, with an arrow marked 1 pointing down the page past the date, times and Night-time Sleepover Support field.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-15.png) You can change an eligible charge's quantity or total, or delete it. Invoiced, paid, and batched charges can be locked from changes. ![The Finance tab of an existing support, marked 2, listing its charges. The Activity Based Transport row with an editable quantity of 25 units is highlighted, and its three-dot menu shows Delete.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-16.png) The Finance tab also shows the **Total** of all the support's charges, above the list, so you don't need to add them up by hand. ![The Finance tab of a support with its Total of $366.06 highlighted above the list of charges.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charge-34.png) You can also add in new charges here by selecting **+ Create Charge**. ![The Finance tab of a support showing the Charge Item Set name Community Access and reference CA above its list of charges, with the Create Charge button highlighted.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charge-33.png) ![The Create Charge drawer for a Participant, with Charge Details showing the Date 04/11/2026, the CA\_KM\_NOT\_DURING Charge Item, a quantity of 20 units and the Provider Travel claim type, above an empty Description field.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charge-32.png) ### Group Supports Additional Charges can be edited via the group support, but changes would need to be made to each individual Participant. To edit the additional charge/s, open the group support and navigate down to 'Supports Involved' ![A group support's Details view with an arrow pointing down to the Supports Involved section, where the Participants listed under All Participants (Wendy Heathcote, Theodore Buckridge and Nellie Wunsch) are highlighted.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-23.png) Select the Participant to view their charges in the Finance tab ![The Supports Involved section of a group support with Wendy Heathcote and her Finance tab highlighted. A Provider Travel charge of 30 units with a 1:3 ratio is highlighted, and its three-dot menu shows Delete.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charges-22.png) Update the charge, add another charge, or use the three-dot menu to delete it. An apportioned charge shows its ratio. ### Recurring Supports For a recurring direct or group support, the selection panel lets you apply the new charge to the current occurrence and the following occurrences you choose. ![The Create Charge for Recurring Support panel with every future support ticked: the current Monday 02/11/2026 support plus 8 future supports selected, and a Create Charge for 9 Supports button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charge-30.png) Support Goals and Documents use a selected-occurrence picker instead, so you can choose the current Support and specific future Supports. See [Support Goals and Documents](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/support-goals-and-documents). When you choose to apply the change to all future Supports, and the recurring Support is extended - it will include this newly added charge on all of the added supports created when extended. ![A support that repeats weekly on Monday and Thursday, with the Actions menu open and an arrow pointing to the highlighted Extend Support, listed with Message via SMS, Change Days, Clone Support, Delete Support, Cancel Support, Publish Shifts, Audit Trail, Email Notes and Email History.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/additional-charge-31.png) > **Removing a charge from a series** > > Deleting a charge that was applied across a recurring Support lets you pick any occurrence in the series, including dates that have already passed. See [Deleting Support Charges](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/charges/deleting-support-charges).