JobKeeper Payment Scheme – Enrollment and Payment Extensions Explained

The ATO has now announced an extension of time for employers who wish to enroll for the first two JobKeeper fortnights to 31 May and when they need to to pay employees for JobKeeper fortnights 1 and 2.

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Big 4 Banks Hotline for JobKeeper Finance

Employers can seek assistance from the banks for financial support to make the payments to employees prior to receiving their claim to the JobKeeper wages subsidy.

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JobKeeper Payment Scheme – Information For Employers

The JobKeeper Payment is a wage subsidy that will be paid through the tax system and administered by the ATO) to eligible businesses impacted by the Coronavirus.
Under the scheme, eligible businesses will receive a payment of $1,500 per fortnight per eligible employee and/or for one eligible business participant (i.e., an eligible sole trader, partner, company director or shareholder or trust beneficiary)

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JobKeeper Payment Scheme Details Still Not Available Copy

Yesterday, the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 was introduced and passed both Houses of Parliament. Unfortunately, it did not contain the finer detail of how the JobKeeper Payment Scheme (‘the Scheme’) will operate.

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JobKeeper Payment Scheme Details Still Not Available

Yesterday, the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 was introduced and passed both Houses of Parliament. Unfortunately, it did not contain the finer detail of how the JobKeeper Payment Scheme (‘the Scheme’) will operate.

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JobKeeper Wages Subsidy

The Government has announced that businesses will receive a fortnightly wage subsidy of up to $1,500 per employee, in the Federal Government’s attempt to prevent millions of people from losing their jobs due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Mark is a Chartered Accountant with a wealth of experience in accounting and taxation. Mark is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Tax Practitioners Board and the National Tax and Accountants Association.

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