Hiring a working holiday maker?
If your new employee has ticked the box at Question 8 on their Tax file Number declaration to declare they’re a ‘working holiday maker’ read what you need to do.
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Home expense payment fringe benefits
Paying your employee’s home phone or internet? Check if doing so may result in an expense payment fringe benefit.
Single Touch Payroll (STP) compulsory for all businesses
Single Touch Payroll (STP) compulsory for all businesses from 1 July 2019. Visit carrickaland.com.au/caconnect/ to find out how Carrick Aland can help get your business ready for STP on 1 July 2019
Qld Back to Work programs
Support payments of up to $20,000 are available for eligible employers who hire eligible unemployed jobseekers in Queensland.
Xero’s Payroll Only plan
From 1 July this year, Single Touch Payroll (STP) will apply to all employers in Australia. Following months of development by Xero, they’ve announced the launch of Payroll Only plan to assist small businesses with STP. See if it can help you.
Addressing sham contracting
The Government has announced that it will establish a sham contracting unit — within the Fair Work Ombudsman — to address sham contracting behaviour engaged in by some employers.
Employers hit with rolling SG audits
Employers are increasingly being subjected to a rolling series of audits by the ATO when they slip behind on their SG obligations, as the Tax Office has now taken a harder line on non-compliance.
Single Touch Payroll starts 1 July
The laws to extend the Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting requirements so they apply to all employers with fewer than 20 employees has now passed the Senate and will be Law. This means the STP regime is mandatory for employers of more than 20 staff from 1 July 2018, and will be mandatory for all employers by 1 July 2019.