Payroll, Public
Payroll – Definition of ‘ordinary time earnings’
‘Ordinary time earnings’ (OTE) is defined under s. 6(1) of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (SGAA). OTE includes amounts...
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FBT, Payroll, Public
Payroll Article – Changes to 2017/18 Payment Summary reporting requirements for Reportable Fringe Benefits
Changes to rules regarding eligibility measures for various Federal Government benefits/payments and income tests (effective 1 January and 1 July...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Article – Payroll tax changes following the 2018-19 State and Territory budgets
With the release of the 2018-19 budgets for all Australian States and Territories, excluding South Australia, there have been several...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Article – Oops! Sorry, you were overpaid and we would like it back.
Consider the following scenario: An organisation has made an overpayment of salary/wages in FY 2017-18 in error. The organisation has...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Q&A – Treatment of car allowance paid to employee re employer provided car
Question Our organisation pays a lump sum car allowance to certain employees in relation to cars provided by the employer...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Article ‘ Single Touch Payroll: July 2017 Update
Single Touch Payroll (STP) will apply to organisations with 20 or more employees (Substantial Employers), from 1 July 2018. Employers...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Q&A ‘ What is the rate of withholding where a supplier fails to provide an ABN?
Question Effective 1 July 2017 what is the rate of withholding where a supplier fails to provide an ABN? Answer...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll ‘ PBR on who is an employee for Super Guarantee Purpose
This article looks at a private binding ruling (Authorisation Number: 1013103814672 – ‘the PBR’) that considers whether a person was...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll – Single Touch Payroll
Further to our articles Payroll – Single Touch Payroll and Payroll – the Advent of Single Touch Payroll in the...
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Eligibility, Payroll, Public
Eligibility ‘ Local Councils and Payroll Tax Exemption
A recent case, Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2017] NSWCATAD 14, a decision of the...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Q&A ‘ Where a Councillor requests that amounts be paid to their Superannuation Fund should the amounts be shown as Reportable Employer Superannuation Contributions?
Normally, amounts paid by a local government council to councillors are assessable to the councillor when received (notwithstanding an absence...
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Payroll, Public
Payroll Q&A – Genuine redundancy and re-employment
Question: If a former employee (along with other employees) was made redundant in July 2016 due to an organisational restructure,...
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