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1. Name of instrument
This is the Taxation Administration – Single Touch Payroll – 2019‑20 and 2020‑21 Income Years Closely Held Payees Exemption 2021 instrument.
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This instrument temporarily exempts certain small employers from reporting payments to closely held payees (related-party employees like family members or directors) through Single Touch Payroll for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 financial years. It targets small, STP-registered businesses that are not substantial employers or large withholders, easing compliance so family-run operations have more time to adapt payroll systems.
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This is the Taxation Administration – Single Touch Payroll – 2019‑20 and 2020‑21 Income Years Closely Held Payees Exemption 2021 instrument.
This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2019.
This instrument applies for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 income years to an entity which:
(a) was not at any time before 1 April 2019 a substantial employer within the meaning of former subsection 389-5(6) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (TAA 1953);
(b) pays an amount described in the table in subsection 389-5(1) of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953 to a closely held payee;
(c) is registered for the purposes of Subdivision 16-BA of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953; and
(d) is not a large withholder as defined in section 16-95 of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953.
An entity to which this instrument applies is not required to report information to the Commissioner of Taxation under Division 389 of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953 in respect of an amount paid to a closely held payee.
For the purposes of this instrument, a closely held payee is an employee of the entity who is also an associate of the entity under section 318 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
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This is the Taxation Administration – Single Touch Payroll – 2019‑20 and 2020‑21 Income Years Closely Held Payees Exemption 2021 instrument.
This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2019.
This instrument applies for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 income years to an entity which:
(a) was not at any time before 1 April 2019 a substantial employer within the meaning of former subsection 389-5(6) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (TAA 1953);
(b) pays an amount described in the table in subsection 389-5(1) of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953 to a closely held payee;
(c) is registered for the purposes of Subdivision 16-BA of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953; and
(d) is not a large withholder as defined in section 16-95 of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953.
An entity to which this instrument applies is not required to report information to the Commissioner of Taxation under Division 389 of Schedule 1 to the TAA 1953 in respect of an amount paid to a closely held payee.
For the purposes of this instrument, a closely held payee is an employee of the entity who is also an associate of the entity under section 318 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.