Nanny Superannuation Australia – 30 hour exemption & Payday Super

ATO, Super

Nanny Superannuation – What Families Need to Know Superannuation Guarantee The Superannuation Guarantee increased to 12% on 1 July 2025. At this stage, there are no further legislated increases. Superannuation is paid on top of your employee’s gross hourly rate....

Domestic payroll changes for FY 2026

ATO, Miscellaneous Award, Super

From July 1, 2025, changes to tax, super and pay rates have been bought in which may impact the payment to your nanny and domestic staff. Superannuation Increase to 12% Starting from July 1st, 2025, the superannuation guarantee rate will increase to 12%. This is the...

Employee vs contractor

ABN Contractors, ATO

Generally, nannies, housekeepers and most domestic staff or carers are seen by the ATO as employees rather than contractors. This doesn’t mean they can’t be genuine independent contractors. Each situation needs to be assessed individually. The ATO use to have a...

ATO super crackdown

ATO, Super

Since 2017, the ATO has been collecting employee payslips to manage to national tax gap. The most recent National ATO Audit Report concluded that many employers haven’t been paying superannuation to their employees on time or at all. Because of reports of large...

Single Touch Payroll – update

ATO, Single Touch Payroll, STP

Individual household employers, hiring through a Withholding PAYG Number (WPN) were due to start the compulsory Single Touch Payroll (STP) compliance as at July 1 2022. This has just been extended up to 2033. So if you are employing your domestic staff as an...

Backpacker tax starts Jan 1

ATO, Employee Entitlements, Miscellaneous Award

From 1 January 2017 tax rates are changing for working holiday makers who hold 417 and 462 visas. These rates are known as working holiday maker tax rates. What you need to do If you employ a working holiday maker who is in Australia on a 417 or 462 visa, you:...