Upon completion of a Review by Valuer matter, the independent valuer that carried out the review is paid a pre-determined allowance. This payment is made by the Office of the Valuer‑General, not the applicant.
The allowances are increased by CPI each financial year. Updated allowances are listed in the Government Gazette in approximately May each year, in the lead up to the new financial year.
The current 2025-2026 allowances were gazetted on 26 June 2025 and are listed below. A copy of the gazette is available here.
| (1) | Review not completed—if the panel member has received a copy of the application for review and submissions of the applicant and Valuer-General but the review is not completed because the review involves a question of law, the application for review is withdrawn or for some other reason approved by the Valuer-General | $111.00 |
| (2) | Completed review - residential land | |
| (a) ordinary review | $534.00 | |
| (b) review of medium complexity | $712.00 | |
| (c) review of high complexity | $1,001.00 | |
| (3) | Completed review - land other than residential land | |
| (a) basic review | $712.00 | |
| (b) review of low complexity | $1,068.00 | |
| (c) review of medium complexity | $1,424.00 | |
| (d) review of high complexity | $1,781.00 | |
| (4) | The complexity, or level of complexity, of a review will be determined having regard to the following: | |
| (a) the nature and scale of the review (including the number of hours reasonably required to conduct the review); | ||
| (b) the need for consultation by the valuer with an engineer, planner, surveyor or other expert. | ||
| (5) | Other allowances | |
| (a) Freedom of Information Discovery | 30% of allowance | |
| (b) Attendance at South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal | $278 per hour (capped at $1,000) | |
| (c) Attendance at Supreme Court | $333 per hour (capped at $2,000) | |
| (d) Other | Pre-negotiation Fee – on an exceptions basis only (where the property does not conform to the above classification) as agreed and by negotiation prior to appointment only |