Type | Liability |
---|---|
Accommodation | Fringe benefit |
Accommodation allowances | Exempt component applies |
Adoption leave | Exempt |
Agency-supplied staff | Taxable |
Allowances | Taxable |
Annual leave | Taxable |
Annual leave paid on termination | Taxable |
Apprentices' wages | Exempt |
Backpay | Taxable |
Board and quarters | Fringe benefit |
Bona fide redundancy payments (tax-free component) | Exempt |
Bonuses | Taxable |
Car parking | Fringe benefit |
Commissions | Taxable |
Company cars | Fringe benefit |
Consultant's fees | Taxable if an employment relationship exists |
Contractor payments | Taxable if an employment relationship exists |
Credit cards | Fringe benefit |
Debt waivers | Fringe benefit |
Defence force leave | Exempt |
Directors' fees | Taxable |
Discounted staff and director purchases | Fringe benefit |
Education expenses | Fringe benefit |
Employer-funded (pre-income tax) superannuation contributions | Taxable |
Employment agency personnel | Taxable as wages paid or payable by the employment agent |
Entertainment allowances | Fringe benefit |
Fringe benefits | Exempt fringe benefits and fringe benefits with a nil taxable value are not taxable |
Gross wages | Taxable |
GST component of wages | Not taxable |
Health insurance | Fringe benefit |
Holiday pay | Taxable |
Home garaging | Fringe benefit |
Housing | Fringe benefit |
Jury duty | Taxable if the payment is made by the employer (even where reimbursed by the court) |
Leave loading | Taxable |
Leave paid out | Taxable |
Living away from home allowances | Fringe benefit |
Loans (interest free / low interest) | Fringe benefit |
Long service leave | Taxable |
Maternity leave | Exempt |
Motor vehicles | Fringe benefit |
Motor vehicle allowances | Exempt component applies |
Options | Taxable |
Overtime | Taxable |
Paid parental leave (Commonwealth scheme) | Not taxable |
Parental leave | Exempt |
Payments in lieu of notice | Taxable |
Piece-work payments | Taxable |
Portable long service leave fund payments | Taxable |
Redundancy benefits scheme payments | Taxable |
Reimbursements (business expenses) | Not taxable under certain conditions |
Relocation payments | Fringe benefit |
School fees | Fringe benefit |
Share Schemes | Taxable |
Sick leave | Taxable |
Staff discounts | Fringe benefit |
Study leave | Taxable |
Subcontractors | Taxable if an employment relationship exists |
Subscriptions | Fringe benefit |
Subsidised wages | Taxable regardless of source of wages |
Superannuation contributions (pre-income tax/employer) | Taxable |
Taxi fares | Fringe benefit |
Telephone account payments | Fringe benefit |
Termination payments - Accrued annual leave and long service leave - Employment termination payments - Bona-fide redundancy payments |
- Taxable - Taxable (income-tax assessable component) - Exempt (income tax-free component). Amounts in excess of tax free component are taxable |
Trainee wages | Taxable |
Travel (free or subsidised) | Fringe benefit |
Volunteer fire-fighters (and volunteers providing other emergency services) | Exempt |
Vouchers | Fringe benefit |
Worker鈥檚 compensation payments | Exempt however make-up pay is taxable |
Wages checklist: Payroll Tax Employer Guide
Wage and liability types.