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Important notice: |
An employee may request an increase to the amount of tax to be withheld from their pay. There are many reasons why an employee might request this, including:
- to make sure that the amount withheld during the income year meets their end-of-year tax liability
- to cover an ATO debt
- to pay additional amounts off their Study and Training Support Loan (STSL) debt
- to cover the Medicare Levy Surcharge
- where there are 53 weeks or 27 fortnights in the pay calendar year
Increasing the amount of tax withheld is managed in the employee profile. In the Payroll section, click Edit to the right of Payroll calculation.
Select a tax calculation method:
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- If you use tax scale, it means that the tax rates will be applied based on the the ATO tax scale applicable to the employee.
- Selecting a fixed tax percentage applies the same rate to all taxable income for the employee. If you select fixed tax percentage then you will need to nominate a rate. This is generally used where you have received a downward withholding variation from the ATO and need to apply it to the employees payments.
Specify additional tax.
The amount entered here represents the weekly equivalent of the additional tax the employee wishes to have withheld from their pay. This amount is adjusted based on the employee’s pay frequency:
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Weekly Pay Calendar
The exact amount entered will be deducted in addition to the employee’s standard tax each pay run.
Example: Entering $10 results in $10 additional tax deducted each week. -
Fortnightly Pay Calendar
The entered amount will be multiplied by 2, and the resulting amount will be deducted in addition to the employee’s standard tax each pay run.
Example: Entering $10 results in $20 additional tax deducted each fortnight. -
Monthly Pay Calendar
The entered amount will be multiplied by 52 (weeks in a year), then divided by 12 (months in a year). The final amount, rounded to the nearest whole dollar, will be deducted in addition to the employee’s standard tax each pay run.
Example: Entering $10 results in $43 additional tax deducted each month.
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Weekly Pay Calendar
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Once you're done, click Save changes.