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Payroll Tax Act 1971
sec.31Entitlement to annual refund amount
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### sec.31 Entitlement to annual refund amount
This section applies if the employer’s periodic liability for periodic return periods in a financial year is greater than the employer’s annual payroll tax amount for the year.
The employer is entitled to a refund of the amount (the annual refund amount ) of the difference between the periodic liability and the annual payroll tax amount.
Subsection (2) is subject to section 83 .
However, the employer is not entitled to a refund of the amount more than 5 years after the making of the assessment of the employer’s annual liability for the year.
This section does not apply in relation to a reassessment of the employer’s annual liability.
Entitlement to refunds on reassessments is provided for in the Administration Act , part 4 , division 2 .
s 31 prev s 31 amd 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1
om 2004 No. 46 s 27
pres s 31 ins 2004 No. 46 s 17
amd 2009 No. 19 s 73
(sec.31-ssec.1) This section applies if the employer’s periodic liability for periodic return periods in a financial year is greater than the employer’s annual payroll tax amount for the year.
(sec.31-ssec.2) The employer is entitled to a refund of the amount (the annual refund amount ) of the difference between the periodic liability and the annual payroll tax amount.
(sec.31-ssec.3) Subsection (2) is subject to section 83 .
(sec.31-ssec.4) However, the employer is not entitled to a refund of the amount more than 5 years after the making of the assessment of the employer’s annual liability for the year.
(sec.31-ssec.5) This section does not apply in relation to a reassessment of the employer’s annual liability. Entitlement to refunds on reassessments is provided for in the Administration Act , part 4 , division 2 .