COVID-19
JobKeeper Enrolment Extension and Wage Payment Deadlines
Published 28 April 2020
The ATO has announced that it has extended the date eligible employers must enrol in the JobKeeper Scheme from 30 April 2020 to 31 May 2020. However, employers still need to pay employees for JobKeeper fortnights 1 and 2 by the new date of 8 May 2020.
One of the key requirements of the JobKeeper Scheme is that employers must first pay their employees $1,500 for JobKeeper fortnights 1 and 2 before they can apply to receive JobKeeper Payments.
As a warning, employers must be aware that, despite the fact they can now pay their employees as late as 8 May 2020 and still be eligible for JobKeeper Payments for fortnights 1 and 2, they are still required to pay their employees a further $1,500 by 10 May 2020 in relation JobKeeper fortnight 3 (which ends on the same date).
At the current time, no extension to this date has been announced, and it would be unwise for employers to anticipate that there will be one.
More information is available from the ATO on the attached link. As always we are here for you! - to provide advice and assistance and a complete JobKeeper eligibility test and enrolment service if you need it. Call us on 6024 1655, email stm@st-m.com.au or DM on Facebook.
