Payroll tax is a state tax with eight different regimes, and the grouping and nexus rules routinely create liabilities businesses never registered for — across borders and across related entities. We check where you should be registered and whether your wage base is complete.
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What this scan finds
The grouping trap, where related businesses are added together and pushed over the threshold
Nexus — which state's payroll tax applies when staff work across borders
Registration thresholds across the eight jurisdictions
Wage-base completeness — super, FBT, contractors and allowances are often missed
The annual reconciliation, and any under-declared liability
Who it's for
Businesses operating in more than one state, with related entities, or using contractors — anywhere near a payroll tax threshold.
What you get
A report on your nexus, grouping position, registration obligations by state, and wage-base completeness — to action with your accountant before a state revenue office finds it first.
How it works
1 · Order
Book this scan and tell us a little about your business. No payment is taken upfront.
2 · We dig
We run the scan against current ATO and regulator rules, verifying any volatile figures live.
3 · Your report
You get a clear, client-ready report with the items to raise with your tax agent or accountant.
Questions
What is payroll tax grouping?
Related businesses — through common ownership, shared employees or a controlling interest — can be “grouped” and have their wages added together for the threshold. Two businesses that are each under the threshold can be over it once grouped.
Which state's payroll tax do I pay?
It depends where the work is performed and where the employee is based — the “nexus” rules. Staff working across state lines, or remote workers in another state, can create an obligation you didn't expect.
Are contractors counted in payroll tax?
Often, yes. The “relevant contract” provisions bring many contractor payments into the payroll tax base unless an exemption applies. Leaving them out is a common way the wage base is understated.