Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging

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Payroll, Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Q&A – Councillor access to salary packaging

Can a councillor salary package amounts otherwise due? Question Can a Councillor salary package amounts otherwise due from Council and...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging – Structuring salary packaging arrangements: Dealing with luxury car adjustments

It is important to structure salary sacrificing arrangements to be beneficial to both the employer and employee. This often involves...

FBT, Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging and FBT – Timing issues of employee contributions and the effect of a journal entry

Do you offer salary sacrifice arrangements to your employees? This article discusses the timing issues that you need to consider...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Q&A – Refunding after-tax contributions from ceased salary packaging arrangement

Our employee is ceasing their salary packaging arrangement and has excess after-tax contributions. If we refund these contributions, will they...

Eligibility, FBT, GST, Payroll, Public, Salary Packaging

General Article – E-invoicing, not electronic invoicing – there is a difference

Money flows out under digital process such as Single Touch Payroll (STP) – what if money could flow in through...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Q&A – S. 58X exemption: Do we need a declaration that covers portable electronic devices?

Question We would like to provide an employee with a declaration that shows they satisfy the requirements of an exempt...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Q&A ‘ Income protection and life insurance policy costs

Question Our organisation is planning to allow salary sacrifice for our employees in regards to their income protection insurance and...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Article ‘ Superannuation guarantee salary sacrifice integrity measures introduced to protect employee entitlements

Superannuation guarantee salary sacrifice integrity measures have now been tabled by the Federal Government by way of an Exposure Draft....

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Article ‘ Developments in STP and SGC

STP Update In last month’s newsletter we provided an update on Single Touch Payroll (STP), highlighting progress towards the implementation...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging ‘ Safe Harbour for Sportsperson’s Image Payments

Last year, we drew attention to the Brisbane Bears Case. This decision dealt with payroll tax in the context of...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging Q&A ‘ salary packaging income protection insurance

Question An employer is considering allowing employees to salary package income protection insurance – what tax issues arise? Answer We...

Public, Salary Packaging

Salary Packaging – Salary packaging of employee bus transport costs

Unless an employee is solely a ‘work from home’ employee, then travel to and from work is a necessity of...