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How is it taxed? Where does it go on a payment summary? Is it superable? It is taxed using the ATO’s tax table for Backpay, bonuses, commissions and similar payments. You will use either Method A or B. The method for marginal rates tax is shown below: 1. Use the Tax Tables to work out … Read more

Q/  We have an employee who is terminating soon and he wants us to pay all of his termination pay directly to super.  I don’t think this is possible, but I’m not sure why. Can you assist please? A/ Clause 21 of the ATO’s Salary Sacrifice Ruling (see link below) allows that an employee can … Read more

When employees terminate there are many things that need to be taken into consideration – one of them is the employee’s age. Notice – Under the Fair Work Act 2009, when you give an employee notice (or pay them in lieu of providing notice) then employees who are over 45 years old and have at … Read more

Under the Fair Work Act, certain amounts can be withheld from an employee’s pay providing they meet the requirements of being “permitted deductions”. This part of the law is aimed at deductions like health insurance payments, union fees and similar. Such deductions can occur where the employee has made the request in writing and the … Read more

Question Can an employee salary sacrifice their annual and/or long service leave upon termination to superannuation? Answer No. To be an effective salary-sacrifice for termination lump sum leave entitlements, a written agreement must be entered into prior to the leave accruing. For example, if an employee is to retire in one year’s time, the employee … Read more

Q/ This financial year we will have 53 weekly (or 27 fortnightly) pay periods. What should we tell employees about this? A/ Occasionally in your cycle of weekly or fortnightly pays, you may have a financial year that has 53 weeks or 27 fortnights instead of the “standard” 52 and 26 pays assumed in the … Read more