Mr Barron-Sullivan asks the Treasurer about payroll tax revenue based on different wage thresholds and from publicly listed companies. The Treasurer provides some data but declines to answer the third question due to resource constraints.

AnsweredQoN 3417Legislative Assembly
Asked
11 June 2008
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Treasurer

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(a) $1 million;
(b) $2 million;
(c) $3 million; and
(d) $6 million?
(2) What is the annual amount (latest available full year figure) of payroll tax revenue from all those employers with annual wages above
(a) $2 million;
(b) $3 million; and
(c) $6 million?
(3) Is it possible to determine the amount of payroll tax revenue derived annually from publicly listed companies and, if so, what is the amount (latest available full year figure)?

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Answered
1 August 2008
Response time
51 days
(1) In order to accurately cost a proposed policy it would be necessary to have access to the entire proposal. Further information about payroll tax and the cost of payroll tax concessions is available in Appendix 6 of Budget Paper No. 3 Economic and Fiscal Outlook and the Overview of State Taxes 2007-08 publication.
(2) The amounts below are based on 2006-07 payroll tax returns.
(a) $1,497 million.
(b) $1,419 million.
(c) $1,275 million.
(3) This would require a manual inspection of over 11,700 payroll tax registrations and extraction of data for relevant employers. Given the significant resources required and the benefits to be achieved, I do not believe answering this question to be in the public interest.
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