Day: June 11, 2026

Who Has to Pay the Medicare Levy? Updating Employee Tax Settings In Payroll When Circumstances Change matters because Australian residents for tax purposes are generally subject to the Medicare levy through the tax system unless they qualify for a Medicare levy reduction, Medicare levy exemption, or partial exemption. For employers, the practical risk is using…

When is salary sacrifice not worth it for your staff? It is usually not worth it when the salary sacrifice arrangement leaves an employee with too little take home pay, creates unexpected tax implications, affects government benefits, or pushes super contributions too close to the concessional contributions cap. For bookkeepers, the warning signs often appear…