Payroll Tax Compliance Targeting – You better watch out!

Payroll tax audits often come as a shock to taxpayers but it doesn’t have to be that way.

State governments are using sophisticated data-matching tools to target businesses. More than ever, it is imperative that payroll tax returns are done correctly as severe interest and penalties can be imposed for getting it wrong.

This session will focus on the way audit cases are selected using data-matching techniques and information sharing between government agencies and could help mitigate against mistakes or creating triggers that initiate an audit.

This session will cover:

• Compliance programs – The current state of play
• Latest trends – New ways businesses are being targeted
• The flow on effects of data-matching techniques
• The most common payroll tax mistakes
• What to expect if you are audited
• Key evidence you need to keep
• Interest and penalty tax regimes
• Your rights as a taxpayer
• An update of COVID-19 relief measures in place

Webinar Learning Outcomes:

Attendees will gain an understanding of:

• the nature & extent of penalties for non-compliance when it comes to Payroll Tax
• how Revenue agencies identify non-compliance
• common errors
• how to ‘be prepared’ in the event of an audit.

Suited to:

This session is suitable for accountants, solicitors, tax agents, bookkeepers, payroll managers, payroll clerks, CFOs, and directors.

It’s applicable to all industries and businesses that employ staff, especially growing businesses.

Payroll tax generally applies to businesses that have total Australian group wages exceeding the tax-free threshold of a particular state where they employ.

Level: Intermediate – Advanced

You will also be provided with: 

• PowerPoint Slide Deck
• Searchable Transcript
• Any Supporting Documentation
• Webinar Recording to view multiple times for up to 6 months
• Q&A Session & follow up contact details
• CPD Quiz & Certificate