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2024 Employee Share Scheme (ESS) Reporting

29/05/2024

The ATO has upcoming reporting obligations affecting those offering employee share schemes (ESS). Find out how the CTS ESS Toolkit, our ATO-approved software can simplify your reporting obligations. Upcoming ATO reporting obligations The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have reporting obligations in place, affecting employers who issue shares or share options to their employees.  The deadlines […]

Employment Taxes update 2024  

02/02/2024

At our annual Employment Taxes update for the Not-for-profit, Government and Corporate sectors our experts will delve into the ever-evolving world of employment taxes, offering you a unique opportunity to stay ahead in this dynamic field.    During the session, our experts will provide insights and actionable knowledge that will empower your organisation to navigate […]

Paul Hum, Partner

18/07/2023

Paul leads the employment tax offering at SW, bringing 15 years’ of experience in payroll and employment tax. Over the last few years, he have specialised in assisting Australia’s largest employers with complex payroll related issues, including correctly interpreting of employer’s obligations as well as practically applying in systems and processes. Paul has managed and […]

Employment Taxes update 2023

30/01/2023

At our annual Employment Taxes update for the Not-for-profit, Government and Corporate sectors will reviewed the latest tax news and the employment taxes impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these webinars our tax experts will provided an update on: New and topical developments including recent cases and ATO FBT compliance activity FBT recap and hot […]

Employees vs Contractor ATO risk ratings now out

16/12/2022

The ATO has released two draft publications that focus on employee vs contractor classification for tax and superannuation purposes. Correct classification of an employee is important to ensure that both the business and the worker satisfy their tax and superannuation obligations correctly. On 15 December 2023, the ATO released the following two draft publications for […]

Employment Taxes update 2022

14/02/2022

At our annual Employment Taxes update for the Not-for-profit, Government and Corporate sectors we reviewed the latest tax news and the employment taxes impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these webinars our tax experts provided an update on: New and topical developments including recent cases and ATO FBT compliance activity FBT recap and hot topics […]

Mental Health & Wellbeing Levy

30/11/2021

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Levy will fund a complete rebuild of the mental health program in Victoria. This will be implemented as a payroll tax surcharge and come into effect from 1 January 2022. What is the Mental Health and Wellbeing Levy? The Mental Health and Wellbeing Levy was a recommendation of the Victorian […]

Webinar FAQs: Changes to the treatment of casualised workforce 

30/09/2021

Following the webinar on 16 September, we have collated some of the FAQs to assist you and your organisation to make these changes. What we can assist with Collating a list of all employees who have continuous service Reviewing periods of continuous employment to determine any periods of a break in service Determining average weekly […]

Wage theft criminalised in Victoria

30/09/2021

Consider the related financial, reputational and compliance risks for your business On 1 July 2021 wage theft became a crime in Victoria and it is expected that other states will follow.  The Wage Theft Bill 2020 creates new employee entitlement offences, comprising wage theft offences and new record keeping offences. It is designed to capture […]

Changes to treatment of casualised workforce

20/08/2021

Employers are required to review and reassess their contracts for casual employees before 27 September 2021. Review required for casual labour contracts It is a common misconception that casual employees are not entitled to any personal, annual and long service leave based on the premise that they receive a loading on hourly rates as compensation. […]