Tax and Compliance Details for Australian Deductions

Payroll Administrator Guide

Version
R2025.2.0
Tax and Compliance Details for Australian Deductions

Tax and compliance settings for deductions are defined in the Tax and Compliance tab of the Deductions tab in Payroll Setup > Earnings and Deductions. This tab includes top-level settings and Australia specific settings in the Australia sub-tab.

Before You Begin: For general information about tax and compliance details for earning definitions, see "Tax and Compliance Details for Deductions" in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

Note the following about the top-level settings for Australian deductions:

  • The Employer Deduction checkbox isn’t applicable for Australian deduction definitions.
  • For Australian deduction definitions, select the Contractor Payroll option in the Process for Employment drop-down list to create a dedicated deduction definition for contractors. Note: Pensioner Payroll isn’t applicable for Australian deduction definitions.
  • The Superannuation contribution funds checkbox indicates whether the deduction is used for superannuation deductions.
Settings for Australian deductions
Parameter Description
Tax Type

The following options in the drop-down list affects how the deduction impacts earnings and taxable wages:

  • Memo: The deduction doesn't impact an employee's earnings or taxable wages. It shows in the Memo Information section of the earning statement.
  • Post-tax: Dayforce withholds the deduction from the payment after it deducts employee taxes. For example, if an employee has $1,000 in earnings and a $100 post-tax deduction, their taxable wages are $1,000.
  • Pre-tax: Dayforce reduces the taxable wages by the deduction amount before it withholds the employee taxes. For example, if an employee has $1,000 in earnings and a $100 pre-tax deduction, their taxable wages are $900.
  • Salary Sacrifice: The employee has a reduced gross salary in exchange for non-cash benefits from their employer. The sacrificed amount is deducted before tax is calculated which can lead to tax savings for both the employee and employer.
Tax Method

Drop-down list containing the following options, depending on the option you select from the Tax Type drop-down list.

For the Gross Pay Deduction tax type, the available options are:

  • Employee Salary Sacrifice (Other): (pre-tax)
  • Employee Salary Sacrifice - Superannuation
  • Fringe Benefit Tax
  • Fringe Benefit Tax Exempt
  • Workplace Giving

For the Net Pay Deduction tax type, the available options are as follows:

  • Advance
  • Loan
  • Miscellaneous: this tax type ensures that the deduction definition is calculated on gross earnings before applying the PAYG tax for Australia
  • Superannuation ER
  • Union

For the Memo Deduction tax type, the following tax methods are available in Australia:

  • Fringe benefit tax
  • Fringe benefit tax exempt
  • Reportable superannuation contribution
  • Superannuation ER
Superannuation contribution funds Indicates whether the deduction is used for superannuation deductions.