{"id":264,"date":"2017-06-29T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epo2023.appletest.com.au\/?p=264"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:58:43","slug":"legislative-changes-affect-payroll-201718","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epayoffice.com.au\/legislative-changes-affect-payroll-201718\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Changes that affect Payroll 2017\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>Superannuation Guarantee will remain the same at 9.5%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximum Superannuation Contributions Base for 2017\/18 is $52,760 per quarter \/ $211,040 per year \u2013 this is indexed annually.&nbsp; For any earnings above this limit, employers do not have to pay SG Contributions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concessional Contributions Cap \u2013 has changed to $25,000 annually regardless of age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Temporary Budget Repair Levy that was introduced in 2015\/16 for those who earn over $180,000&nbsp; has ceased<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Medicare Levy remains the same at 2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The income testing levels for the Private Health Insurance Rebate for this year have remained the same at $90,000 for singles and $180,000 for families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new HELP \/ TSL \/ SSL \/ (HECS) rates can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ato.gov.au\/Rates\/HELP,-TSL-and-SFSS-repayment-thresholds-and-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As in previous years, the cents per kilometre rate remains the same at 66 cents per kilometre.&nbsp; Up to 5,000 business kilometres can be claimed without paying tax.&nbsp; If paying in addition to 5,000 kilometres or more than 66cents, tax should be withheld from the applicable portion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The National Minimum Wage has changed to $694.90 per week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Government Paid Parental Leave has changed to $695.00 per week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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