Payroll Tax Maintenance

Payroll tax is payable by employers in each state and territory of Australia. The rate at which payroll tax is calculated and the remuneration on which payroll tax is payable can differ between each state and territory.
The Portal > Pay module calculates a pay company's payroll tax liability for each payee at the Wage Costs stage of the pay batch process. Where a payee was placed in a job order, the system references the payroll tax state that is selected on the job order to determine the rate at which to calculate payroll tax and the remuneration that is subject to payroll tax. Where a payee receives remuneration while not placed in a job order, the system uses the payroll tax state of the agency office by which the payee is managed to determine the rate at which to calculate payroll tax and the remuneration that is subject to payroll tax.
To allow the system to calculate the payroll tax liability, the following configuration is required:
pay code groups must be created
payroll tax rates must be defined for each payroll tax state and territory payroll tax states must be linked to agency offices.
This is described in detail below.