Australia

MAY 2023

• Western Australia – Return of flat rate of the Payroll Tax rate to 5.5%

APRIL 2023

• New Downloadable Standard Choice Form

• Key Rates and Thresholds Updates in the Superannuation, Employee Termination Payment (ETP) Thresholds and Redundancy Tax Free Amounts

• New FBT Rates and Thresholds

MARCH 2023

• No Statutory Updates

FEBRUARY 2023

• The WGEA Compliance Reporting Program

JANUARY 2023

• No Statutory Updates

DECEMBER 2022

• FBT Exemption for Electric Vehicles

NOVEMBER 2022

• Changes to the Periodic Deduction Calculation from January 2023 in Queensland

• A Mental Health Levy Introduced to Meet Increasing Demands for Mental Health Services in Queensland

• Ten Days Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave Now A National Employment Standard Entitlement

• Government Paid Parental Leave Will Increase to 26 Weeks by 2026

OCTOBER 2022

• Study and Training Support Loans Threshold and Repayment Rates 2022-23

SEPTEMBER 2022

• Public Holiday on 22nd September to Mark the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II

AUGUST 2022

• Change in State Pay Roll Tax Rate in New South Wales, Australia

JULY 2022

• Amendments to the Long Service Leave Act 1958

• Change in ‘Government Parental Leave Pay’ and ‘Dad and Partner Pay’

• Updated High-income Threshold and Compensation Limit for Dismissals

JUNE 2022

• National Minimum Wage Increase

• Eligibility for Super is Changing from 1st July

• The Super Guarantee Rate Increases from 1st July

MAY 2022

• Change in Employee Share Scheme Statement

APRIL 2022

• No Statutory Updates

MARCH 2022

• Tax-free Part of Genuine Redundancy Payments and Early Retirement Scheme Payments 2022/23

• ETP Threshold 2022/23

• Maximum Super Contribution Base 2022/23

• Superannuation Percentage

FEBRUARY 2022

• No Statutory Updates

JANUARY 2022

• No Statutory Updates

DECEMBER 2021

• Mental health and wellbeing surcharges

NOVEMBER 2021

• No Statutory Updates

OCTOBER 2021

• No Statutory Updates

SEPTEMBER 2021

• No Statutory Updates

AUGUST 2021

• No Statutory Updates

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

JULY 2020

• High Income Threshold will increase to $152,600 from 1st July 2020

• Unpaid Pandemic Leave and annual leave at half pay extended

JUNE 2020

• Study and Training Support Loans Thresholds and Repayment Rates 2020-21

• WA State Payroll Tax Threshold & Rate Changes effective from July 2020

• 2020 Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding tax tables

• 2020 Annual Wage Review – Wage Increase

MAY 2020

• No Statutory Updates

APRIL 2020

• COVID-19 relief: Payroll Tax Employer

• Payroll tax relief measures in response to COVID-19

• Easter Public Holidays and COVID-19

• JobKeeper Amendments to the Fair Work Act

• Modern Awards changes with new COVID-19 rules

• 2020 FBT return has been deferred from 21 May 2020 to 25 June 2020

• Unpaid Pandemic Leave

• JobKeeper changes to the Fair Work Act – Annual leave

MARCH 2020

• Employee Share Scheme (ESS) Annual Report Electronic Reporting Specification Final v3.0.1

• Further advice on Coronavirus and Australian workplace law

• Basic myGovID now available

• Tax-free Part of Genuine Redundancy Payments and Early Retirement Scheme Payments 2020/21

• ETP Threshold 2020/21

• Maximum Super Contribution Base 2020/21

• Superannuation Percentage 2020/21

• Concessional Contribution Cap 2020/21

FEBRUARY 2020

• No Statutory Updates

JANUARY 2020

• No Statutory Updates