JobKeeper top-up payments extended

Client Alert

By: Paul Banister, Yan Wong

28 Apr 2020 2 min read

As many employers still await further details about whether they will qualify for JobKeeper, the Tax Commissioner has extended the time to make payments for the first two fortnights (i.e. 30 March – 12 April and 13 April – 26 April).
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Top-up payments to reach the minimum $1,500 payment for each employee for each fortnight will now be accepted until 8 May 2020. Due to the “one in all in” rule, the minimum payment level must be reached for all eligible employees to be entitled to any claim in respect of each fortnight.

The deadline for employers to enrol for the initial JobKeeper periods was extended last week from 30 April 2020 until 31 May 2020.

So now employers have until 31 May to enrol to claim for the fortnights in April and May, provided they meet all the eligibility requirements for each of those fortnights. This includes having paid employees by the due dates for each fortnight as outlined below.

JobKeeper fortnight

Minimum payment due
30 March - 12 April by 8 May
13 April - 26 April by 8 May
27 April - 10 May by 10 May
11 May - 24 May by 24 May

The earlier you enrol, the earlier you will get paid your JobKeeper entitlement.

Learn more about the JobKeeper scheme on our JobKeeper hub.

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  • Paul Banister

    Paul is a Partner in our Private Enterprise division in Brisbane and has nearly 40 years’ experience working with clients in an array of industries to help them navigate through complex and potentially risky tax and commercial issues, including to address tax disputes. View Profile

  • Yan Wong

    Yan has 25 years’ corporate and international tax experience with a number of Big Four and Mid-Tier International Chartered Accounting firms. View Profile

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