Payroll tax exemption for businesses relocating to regional TAS

Overview

This three-year payroll tax exemption is available for interstate businesses relocating their operations to regional Tasmania.

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To be eligible, the interstate business must:

• be relocating between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2021
• be relocating to regional Tasmania (this does not include the municipalities of Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart or Kingborough)
• be physically operated from real property

Additionally, prior to relocation, the business must:

• have been operated in a location other than Tasmania
• not have paid taxable wages in Tasmania (either themselves or as a member of a group) in the five year period preceding the relocation

For the wages to be exempt, they must be paid to an employee who physically undertakes at least 80% of their work for the business in regional Tasmania.