When will my organisation need to cancel their payroll tax registration?

Organisation no longer employs in South Australia or their wages are below the threshold

You may cancel your organisation's payroll tax registration if they are:

  • no longer employing in South Australia
  • a single company only and their taxable wages are below the Australian wide wages threshold; or
  • part of a group and their groups’ taxable wages are below the Australian wide wages threshold.

Organisation no longer employs under the ABN that they are registered for payroll tax under and now employs under a new ABN

If your organisation has ceased to employ under the ABN they are currently registered for payroll tax under and are employing under a new ABN:

  • the payroll tax registration for the old ABN will need to be cancelled.
  • a new payroll tax registration will need to be completed for the new ABN. You can create a new payroll tax registration from within RevenueSA Online. Find out how you can register for payroll tax on our Register for payroll tax page.

We may need to pay payroll tax again in the future - do I have to cancel my organisation’s registration?

If you, or your group:

but this is likely to change in the future, you may not wish to cancel your registration.

If you do not wish to cancel your registration, you can request to be placed on an annual return cycle, which will mean you will still need to lodge an annual reconciliation return each financial year (even if it is a nil return), but will not need to lodge monthly    returns.

To request to be placed on an annual return cycle please email payrolltax@sa.gov.au including your taxpayer number and an explanation why you would like to be placed on an annual cycle (for example, wages below threshold, not currently employing in South Australia).

If you cancel your payroll tax registration and at some stage in the future you become liable for payroll tax in South Australia, your original registration can be reactivated. You need to complete a new registration via RevenueSA Online.

How do I cancel a payroll tax registration?

An organisation's payroll tax registration can be cancelled as part of the annual reconciliation or during the financial year.

Cancellation effective 30 June

To cancel your South Australian payroll tax registration effective 30 June, you can do so when you complete your annual reconciliation in RevenueSA Online. If you have already completed your annual reconciliation, please modify and resubmit your annual reconciliation.

You must not complete the Request to cancel South Australian payroll tax registration form.

Cancel during the financial year

To cancel the payroll tax registration during the financial year, please complete the :

  1. Request to cancel South Australian payroll tax registration form with the following information:

    -  Taxpayer Number (if known)
    -  ABN
    -  ACN (if applicable)
    -  date you wish to cancel the South Australian  payroll tax registration.

  • RevenueSA will advise via email when the annual reconciliation for the current year has been opened on RevenueSA Online. You will then be able complete the final lodgement via RevenueSA Online.
  • To lodge a final return, select the annual reconciliation option and complete the annual reconciliation for the current financial year. Please see our Annual Reconciliation page for assistance in completing your Annual Reconciliation. It is recommended that you collate the information needed prior to commencing the annual reconciliation online.
  • Payment of any payroll tax due is required within 14 days. Failure to make a payment by the due date may result in penalty tax and interest being applied.
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