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This month Nicole is sliding into the Accounting Apps Newsletter curators chair while Heather Smith is having a grand time in Canada.
25/04/2025
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This month Nicole is sliding into the Accounting Apps Newsletter curators chair while Heather Smith is having a grand time in Canada.
The Streamline chicks will eggs-it the office at noon today and we’ll be back on Tuesday 22nd April for a short little week.
Have an eggs-ellent Easter Break!
Know the rules when it comes to paying staff for public holidays?
Fairwork says:
‘Employees should be given the choice to work on a public holiday or not.
Employers can request employees to work on a public holiday, but the request has to be reasonable.
Employees (except casual employees) who normally work on the day a public holiday falls will be paid their base pay rate for the ordinary hours they would have worked if they had not been away because of the public holiday.
An employee doesn’t get paid for a public holiday if they don’t normally work on the day that the public holiday falls. Some part-time employees will be entitled to payment, other may not be. Part time staff do not need to work ‘make up’ days.
Working on public holidays – Awards, enterprise agreements and other registered agreements can provide entitlements for working public holidays’
January-March super contributions must be received (by fund) by 28th April.
Payments should be authorised right now as it can take several days to process, not to mention all the public holidays that will slow down the process this month.
Late payments of superannuation are not tax deductible.
Working from home in some way, shape or form is normal/expected/happening, and this carries risks for employers.
What are you responsible for? How do you protect your team?
Your responsibilities to protect your team still apply, even if you can’t see them.
See what Safe Work Australia says you need to be aware of.
Using our BAS agent extension – the due date is 25th May.
If we haven’t received all data required by 30th April, we cannot guarantee your BAS will be lodged on time.
Late lodgement will void our annual authority to file STP, any payment plan you have in place with the ATO and you also risk being fined.
act now!
Put your undies on over your clothes and get super sorted for your team!
There are a heck of a lot of public holidays this month and that will make it harder to meet the deadline for payment – authorise super for your team now or you could be personally liable for the debt and penalties (and lose the tax deduction for the payment).
Don’t forget that some contractors and employee directors will be entitled to superannuation and the same deadlines apply.
Mark your diary – there are a couple of key dates around all of those public holidays!
Today is the end of the Fringe Benefits Tax year – take an odometer reading for your company car.
Tomorrow is April Fools Day – its probably just a coincidence?
