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- Webinars involve training delivered via the internet. Participate using your own computer without having to attend in person.
- Face-to-face sessions are held at Level 3, 200 St Georges Terrace, Perth.
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Payroll tax
Show moreRegister your interest in attending our information sessions. We will contact you when we schedule future sessions.
Session details about payroll tax are provided below. Sessions will be added as they become available. Click on the session details to register.
See our YouTube channel for videos about payroll tax and our online services.
Overview
For customers who are new to payroll tax or want to review the basics
- gradual diminishing threshold
- grouping provisions
- taxable and exempt wages
- nexus provisions
- how to prepare for an audit
Understanding taxable and exempt wages
For customers who want greater detail (prior knowledge of payroll tax fundamentals is assumed)
- gradual diminishing threshold
- taxable and exempt wages
Webinars:
Recorded webinars:
Contractors vs employees
For customers who are unsure whether a worker is a contractor or employee for payroll tax purposes
- six tests of contractor vs. employee
- audit process
Harmonised payroll tax
See more about the Australia-wide harmonised aspects of payroll tax on the Payroll Tax Australia website. These webinars are particularly useful for clients paying wages in multiple states or territories. Topics include
- What it is, how it works
- Allowances, Fringe Benefits Tax, Exemptions and Rebates
- Contractors
- Grouping
Annual Reconciliation Process
For customers who want a better understanding of the payroll tax annual reconciliation process, requirements and potential penalties. We offer two sessions targeted at different audiences.
Session 1 is relevant to:
- interstate non-group employers
- Designated Group Employers of interstate groups
- Designated Group Employers of local groups who lodge monthly or quarterly
Session 2 is relevant to:
- local non-group employers
- local and interstate groups (not Designated Group Employers)
- Designated Group Employers of local groups who lodge annually
Watch a recorded webinar (session 1)
Watch a recorded webinar (session 2)
Duties
Show moreRegister your interest in attending our information sessions. We will contact you when we schedule future sessions.
Session details about transfer duty are provided below. Sessions will be added as they become available. Click on the session details to register.
See our YouTube channel for videos about transfer duty and our online services.
Transfer duty overview for settlement agents
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- dutiable transactions and dutiable property
- lodgment and payment requirements
- when transactions will be aggregated
- how to avoid being charged double duty
Transfer duty overview and the first home owner grant for real estate agents
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- dutiable transactions and dutiable property
- lodgment and payment requirements
- when transactions will be aggregated
- how to avoid being charged double duty
- FHOG eligibility and residency requirements
- first home owner rate of duty
Deceased estate transactions and transfer duty
Prior knowledge of transfer duty basics is assumed.
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- when nominal duty will apply
- when additional duty may be chargeable
Webinars:
Foreign buyers duty
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- when foreign buyers duty applies
- common exemptions, and exceptions to these exemptions
- the basics of foreign landholder duty and related exemptions.
Land tax
Show moreRegister your interest in attending our information sessions. We will contact you when we schedule future sessions.
Session details about land tax are provided below. Sessions will be added as they become available. Click on the session details to register.
See our YouTube channel for videos about land tax and our online services.
Overview
- land tax and metropolitan region improvement tax
- rates and thresholds
- calculation of tax
- concessions and exemptions
First home owner grant for professionals and overview of land tax
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- land tax overview
- FHOG eligibility and residency requirements
- first home owner rate of duty
First home owner grant
Show moreRegister your interest in attending our information sessions. We will contact you when we schedule future sessions.
Session details about the first home owner grant are provided below. Sessions will be added as they become available. Click on the session details to register.
See our YouTube channel for videos about the first home owner grant.
First home owner grant for professionals and overview of land tax
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- land tax overview
- FHOG eligibility and residency requirements
- first home owner rate of duty
Transfer duty overview and the first home owner grant for real estate agents
Receive two elective CPD points for attendance
- dutiable transactions and dutiable property
- lodgment and payment requirements
- when transactions will be aggregated
- how to avoid being charged double duty
- FHOG eligibility and residency requirements
- first home owner rate of duty
Videos
Show moreSee our informative videos and recorded webinars on the Department of Finance YouTube channel.