In a bid to support Queensland jobs and to help businesses navigate through the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Queensland Government announced last week that businesses employing Queenslanders will not pay payroll tax on the Australian Government’s JobKeeper payments. From 30 March 2020, taxable wages paid or payable by an employer to an employee which are subsidised by the Commonwealth Government’s JobKeeper payment scheme are exempt from Queensland payroll tax. This exemption does not apply to wages paid or payable that are not subsidised by the JobKeeper payment. For example, if you paid $120,000 in gross wages for the month of April, but … Continue reading JobKeeper Payments Exempt From Queensland Payroll Tax & Other Relief Measures