How to hire a housekeeper in Australia

ATO, Employee Entitlements, Super

Hiring a housekeeper can make a huge difference to a busy household. A housekeeper can do much more than simply clean your home — depending on the role, they may also help with laundry, ironing, grocery shopping, meal preparation and keeping the household organised....

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. However, the ATO still...

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...