JULY 2021

• No Statutory Updates

JUNE 2021

• Annual Wage Review 2021
• The High-income threshold announced

MAY 2021

• Can an employer force their employees to use annual leave if they have exhausted their personal/carer’s leave entitlement?
• Upcoming Wage Theft Act (Victoria)
• Employees now have more super choice
• Your Future, Your Super reforms Update

APRIL 2021

• Tax-free Part of Genuine Redundancy Payments and Early Retirement Scheme Payments 2021/22
• ETP Threshold 2020/21
• Maximum Super Contribution Base 2020/21
• Concessional Contribution Cap 2021/22

MARCH 2021

• Getting ready for Easter Public Holidays
• Fair Work Act: Understand key reforms on casual employment
• Awards with unpaid pandemic leave – new end dates
• New rules for annual wage arrangements
• Fringe benefits tax – rates and thresholds
• Employment conditions during natural disasters and emergencies
• Car parking and vehicle fringe benefits during COVID -19
• New LAFHA figures commencing 1 April 2021
• Cents per KM for vehicles other than cars
• Guidance released for vaccine rollout in Australian workplaces
• Superannuation Guarantee to increase on 1 July 2021

FEBRUARY 2021

• Australian Capital Territory Budget 2020-21
• Employee Share Scheme (ESS) Annual Report Electronic Reporting Specification Final v3.1.1
• The first annual reconciliation of annualized salaries under modern awards
• Calendar of cultural and religious dates for 2021
• STP phase 2 mandatory start date announced
• Update on Fringe Benefits Tax – A guide for employers
• Annual Wage Review – 1 February 2021 changes.
• Employees now have more super choice

JANUARY 2021

• NSW Payroll Tax Thresholds

DECEMBER 2020

• Changes 2020/21
• STP phase 2 position papers
• STP Phase 2
• Lodging STP during a Christmas shut down
• Protected Earnings Amount when deducting Child Support
• Update on NSW State Budget 

NOVEMBER 2020

• Australia State Budget Breakdowns

OCTOBER 2020

• Increases to minimum wages for Group 2.
• More Changes to Payment of wages on termination
• 2020/2021 Payroll Tax Cut
• New South Wales & South Australia have made further announcements regarding payroll tax provisions in response to the impact of COVID-19
• 2021 PAYG Withholding Tax Table
• Your superannuation follows you
• The extension of Schedule X
• Daylight saving happened on Sunday – is payroll affected?

SEPTEMBER 2020

• Victorian Government will Now Defer Payroll Tax for Businesses with Payrolls Up to $10 Million for the Full 2020-21 financial Year
• Payment of Wages Upon Termination
• Your Super, Your Choice
• Australia Official Public Holiday 2021
• Changes in Payment Rate of Governmental Paid Parental Leave for 2020-2021

AUGUST 2020

• Accrual of Personal/carer’s leave – The Mondelez Case
• Payment of Wages Upon Termination
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