❓ Mrs. Hayden questions the Treasurer on the State Government's COVID-19 payroll tax measures, seeking data on businesses eligible for and ineligible for assistance. The answer provides some figures but acknowledges data limitations and future availability.
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I refer to the State Government's COVID-19 payroll tax measures, and I ask: (a) How many businesses have a payroll of between $1 million and $4 million in Western Australia; (b) How many small businesses have received assistance through the payroll tax measures; and (c) How many small businesses in WA are ineligible for this assistance?
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Answered
11 August 2020
Responded by
Minister for Treasurer
Response time
2 days
(a) 8,004 registered payroll tax clients. The figure includes employers that are a member of an employer group whose group Australian taxable wage figure exceeds $4 million.
Note: The figure is based on reconciled data for the 2018-19 assessment period. The reconciled data for 2019-20 is expected to be available in October 2020.
Note: Not all of these registered payroll tax clients will be eligible for payroll tax relief as it depends on whether they are a member of an employer group.
(b) At 2 July 2020, around 5,300 employers had claimed the payroll tax waiver for March to June 2020, applying to employers, or groups of employers, with Australian taxable wages less than $7.5 million at 30 June 2020. The final number will not be available until after the 2019-20 assessment period is reconciled.
As at 2 July 2020 , no data is available on the $17,500 one-off payroll tax grant for employers, or groups of employers, with Australian taxable wages more than $1 million and less than $4 million. As planned, this grant will automatically be issued from mid-July 2020.
(c) The Department of Finance does not hold data on the number of small businesses in Western Australia.
Note: The figure is based on reconciled data for the 2018-19 assessment period. The reconciled data for 2019-20 is expected to be available in October 2020.
Note: Not all of these registered payroll tax clients will be eligible for payroll tax relief as it depends on whether they are a member of an employer group.
(b) At 2 July 2020, around 5,300 employers had claimed the payroll tax waiver for March to June 2020, applying to employers, or groups of employers, with Australian taxable wages less than $7.5 million at 30 June 2020. The final number will not be available until after the 2019-20 assessment period is reconciled.
As at 2 July 2020 , no data is available on the $17,500 one-off payroll tax grant for employers, or groups of employers, with Australian taxable wages more than $1 million and less than $4 million. As planned, this grant will automatically be issued from mid-July 2020.
(c) The Department of Finance does not hold data on the number of small businesses in Western Australia.
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