Employer obligations

​As a business owner, there are many obligations that you need to  consider.  We have outlined below these action points to assist you.

​Single Touch Payroll

• Single Touch Payroll (STP) finalisation declaration for the year ended 30 June 2021 should be submitted to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) by 14 July 2021 or as soon as possible after this date to ensure that employees and tax agents can access the information to complete tax returns.  
• For payments to employees that were not reported through STP, employers will be required to supply employees with a Payment Summary and lodge an Annual PAYG Payment Summary Statement to the ATO by 14 August 2021.
• From 1 July 2021 all employers will be required to report through STP.  This now includes employers with associated employees.  Salaries, wages, pay as you go (PAYG) withholding and superannuation information will be required to be reported.

Superannuation

• Quarterly Superannuation contributions to employees are due 28 days after the end of the quarter.  Note: if you fail to meet your requirements you must complete a Superannuation Guarantee Charge Statement and forward it to the ATO together with underpaid superannuation plus administration fees and interest.  Superannuation Guarantee Charge payments are NOT tax deductible).
• On 1 July 2021, the super guarantee (SG) rate will rise from 9.5% to 10%.  Businesses will need to ensure that their payroll and accounting systems are updated to incorporate the increase to the super rate.
  The super rate is scheduled to progressively increase to 12% by July 2025.  Please see link below for the table of rates and future increases.
  https://www.ato.gov.au/rates/key-superannuation-rates-and-thresholds/?anchor=Superguaranteepercentage
  

Subcontractors

• 28 August 2021 - 2021 Taxable Payments Annual Report due for lodgement with the ATO for the Building and Construction Industry with Cleaning, Courier, IT, Security Industries now included.  The ATO can impose late lodgement penalties if not lodged on time

If you wish to discuss any of the above information please contact our office.