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29 December 2005

Australia: Victoria - Long Service Leave Reforms

Canada: Payroll deduction tables

Canada: Manitoba - Two-stage increase to minimum wage and income tax reductions

Philippines: Non-wage benefits include transportation assistance

Singapore: Advance ruling system

22 December 2005

Australia: PAYG Withholding Schedules

Ireland: Operating PAYE and PRSI for certain benefits

New Zealand: Minimum wage to increase

Philippines: DOLE issues advisory on Christmas holidays

Singapore: Signing of Double Taxation Agreement with Fiji

15 December 2005

Canada: 2006 indexation adjustment for personal income tax system

Canada: New Brunswick - Minimum wage to increase January 1, 2006

Canada: Ontario - Countdown begins to end of mandatory retirement in Ontario

Singapore: Changes to Central Provident Fund schemes from 1 January 2006

8 December 2005

Canada: Automobile expense benefit rates for business confirmed

Canada: Interest rates for the first calendar quarter 2006

Canada: Ontario - Employer fined $8,000 for Employment Standards violations

Canada: Yukon - Consultation on proposals to increase minimum wage

Hong Kong SAR: Amendment Bill to raise maximum penalty for wage offences

Ireland: Budget 2006

New Zealand: FBTnews

Singapore: Double taxation agreement with Israel ratified

1 December 2005

Australia: Building and construction industry - employer/contractor decision tool

Australia: New South Wales - public holidays

Australia: Queensland - Christmas and New Year Day facts

Australia: Western Australia - time and wages record keeping

Canada: Ontario - Holiday season has three public holidays

Hong Kong SAR: Employers fined for wage offences

India: Income deduction from salaries

India: Do's and Don'ts on filling of challan 281

New Zealand: Paid parental leave

New Zealand: December issue of Payroll News

Singapore: Fine for requiring workers to work excessive hours

24 November 2005

Australia: Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005

Canada: Manitoba consults on employment standards

Hong Kong SAR: Employer fined for wage offences

Philippines: Employers urged to grant 13th month pay before December 24

Philippines: November 28 a non-working holiday, November 30 a regular working day

South Africa: PAYE Guidelines for employers

17 November 2005

Australia: Guidance on transition to retirement pensions

Australia: New South Wales - Pay-roll tax exemption

Australia: Queensland - Workers' compensation and rehabilitation

Canada: Immediate income tax relief

10 November 2005

Canada: Employment Insurance premium reduction for 2006

3 November 2005

Canada: Employment Insurance pilot projects

Hong Kong SAR: Salaries tax as a proportion of income

Hong Kong SAR: Employer fined for sickness allowance offences

New Zealand: November issue of Payroll News

South Africa: Discussion paper on tax avoidance

27 October 2005

Hong Kong: Employer fined for wage offences

Ireland: Car expenses and capital allowances

Philippines: Informal sector workers urged to enroll with the Social Security System

20 October 2005

Australia: Guide to Fringe Benefit tax

Australia: Queensland - Pay-roll tax and payment reference numbers

Canada: Employment insurance premium rate and maximum insurable earnings

Hong Kong SAR: Proposals for minimum wage and working time rules

Hong Kong SAR: Employers fined for wage offences

Hong Kong SAR: Government contractor fined for discrimination and rest day offences

Philippines: October 31 and November 1 and 4 holidays

Singapore: Construction company fined $8,000 for failing to pay salaries

13 October 2005

Australia: Applying for a private ruling

Canada: Tax Treaty negotiations with Madagascar and Namibia

Canada: Prince Edward Island - Minimum wage to increase from April 2006

Hong Kong SAR: Employees' compensation insurance policy

Hong Kong SAR: Failure to pay wages by the due date

6 October 2005

Australia: Western Australia - On-line pay-roll tax

Ireland: Large taxpayers offered a cooperative approach to tax compliance

29 September 2005

Hong Kong SAR: Employer and a director fined for wage offences

Ireland: Form P46

New Zealand: October issue of Payroll News

New Zealand: Reimbursement for the use of a private motor vehicle

22 September 2005

Australia: Instructions for completing the Medicare levy variation declaration

Australia: Income tax deductions to be denied for illegal activities

Australia: Employers and super choice

Hong Kong SAR: Employer fined for failing to grant statutory holidays and rest days

Ireland: Revised guidance on the tax treatment of widowed persons

Pakistan: Income Tax Assistant update

15 September 2005

Australia: Victoria - Revenue Ruling on Pay-roll Tax and casual staff

Botswana: Double Taxation Agreement signed with United Kingdom

Canada: Interest rates for the fourth calendar quarter 2005

Canada: Toronto - Employer fined $15,000 for Employment Standards violations

Hong Kong SAR: Employer fined for late payment of holiday pay

Ireland: Updated guidance on employees' subsistence expenses

8 September 2005

Canada: Ontario - Fines and imprisonment for failure to pay wages

India: Explanatory notes published on Fringe Benefit Tax

Ireland: Revised guidance on lump sum payments on redundancy/retirement

Jamaica: National consultation on minimum wage

New Zealand: Fringe benefit tax review

Singapore: Employer and director fined $18,000 for failing to pay salaries

South Africa: UIF remuneration ceiling increases from October 2005

South Africa: Reduction in official rate of interest for determining a fringe benefit

1 September 2005

Hong Kong SAR: Employer given two-month imprisonment for wage offences

Ireland: Guidance on employees' motoring expenses updated

New Zealand: September issue of Payroll News

Pakistan: Income Tax Assistant update

South Africa: Tax guidance for non-residents

25 August 2005

Philippines: Compressed workweek scheme - no diminution of benefits

18 August 2005

Australia: Understanding the bookkeeping profession - results of research project

Fiji: Ministry of Labour reports on workplace compliance visits

Hong Kong: Preventing abuse of Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund

India: Payment of advance fringe benefit tax

Ireland: New version of Tax Briefing supplement

Ireland: Changes to the PAYE system effective 3 October 2005

11 August 2005

Australia: New South Wales - New factsheet on Pay-roll Tax

Hong Kong SAR: Employer fined five times amount of wages owed

4 August 2005

New Zealand: August issue of Payroll News

South Africa: Leviable amount threshold for Skills Development Levy increased

28 July 2005

Australia: Employment status of building and construction industry workers

Hong Kong SAR: Arrangements with China for avoidance of double taxation

21 July 2005

Australia: New South Wales - Update on pay-roll tax changes

Canada: Qu�bec Parental Insurance Plan

Hong Kong: Suspected fraudulent Inland Revenue Department website

Hong Kong: Employers fined for holiday offences

Ireland: Wage Subsidy Scheme for employment of people with disabilities

14 July 2005

There is no Worldwide Payroll News this week.

7 July 2005

Australia: Queensland - New pay-roll tax system goes live

Botswana: Employers encouraged to used different pay dates

Canada: Nova Scotia - Minimum wage to rise again in October 2005

New Zealand: July issue of Payroll News

Philippines: P51 million in back wages following DOLE inspections

Philippines: Increases in minimum pay rates

30 June 2005

Australia: Helping employers meet their 'super choice' obligations

Australia: New South Wales - Amendments to the Pay-roll Tax Act 1971

Canada: Qu�bec - Contribution to the Qu�bec Parental Insurance Plan

Philippines: Final RTWPB region minimum wage increase announced

23 June 2005

Canada: Saskatchewan minimum wage increase announced

Malta: Filing of Personal Income Tax Returns over the Internet

Philippines: Wage increased to take effect during June

16 June 2005

Australia: Withholding tax table for eligible termination payments

Australia: Tax Office clarifies withholding rates

Australia: Tasmania - New Payroll Tax Ruling

Canada: Interest rates for the third calendar quarter 2005

Hong Kong: Employees' compensation insurance for domestic helpers

Philippines: Further wage order increases announced

9 June 2005

Australia: Safety Net Review sets $17 per week increase to federal award rates

Hong Kong: Tax allowances for 2005/06 tax year

Hong Kong: Enforcing labour laws

Philippines: June 12 and 13 holidays

Philippines: Further wage order increases announced

2 June 2005

Australia: Tax Office prepares for new withholding tax rates

Canada: Consultation on Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Hong Kong: Employer fined for wage offences

Ireland: New on-line Redundancy Payments System launched

Ireland: Signing of Double Taxation Convention between Ireland and Chile

New Zealand: June issue of Payroll News

Philippines: Wage increased to take effect during June

Singapore: National Wages Council guidelines for July 2005 to June 2006

26 May 2005

Australia: Tax Office prepares for new withholding tax rates

New Zealand: June issue of Payroll News

19 May 2005

Hong Kong: Adjustment of minimum allowable wage for foreign domestic helpers

Philippines: Minimum allowable wage increase in Hong Kong will benefit Filipino workers

12 May 2005

Australia: 2005/06 Budget

Ireland: Minister commends Payroll Association for its emphasis on employment law

Philippines: Government pushes wage and labor standards compliance

5 May 2005

Australia: Common errors in fringe benefits tax returns

Australia: Choice of superannuation fund legislation

Australia: New South Wales - payment of pay-roll tax using online tax calculator

28 April 2005

Australia: Queensland - changes to pay-roll tax returns from 1 July 2005

New Zealand: May issue of Payroll News

21 April 2005

Australia: New practical approach to work-related expenses

Canada: Double Taxation Convention with Ireland

14 April 2005

Ireland: National minimum wage increases from 1 May 2005

Malta: Internet Banking

7 April 2005

New Zealand: April issue of Payroll News

New Zealand: Use-of-money interest rates

Philippines: Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9, 2005) is a regular holiday

31 March 2005

Australia: Queensland - Lodging annual returns from 1 July 2005

Canada: Qu�bec Parental Insurance Plan

New Zealand: Guidance and calculators for the new tax year

New Zealand: National minimum wage

24 March 2005

Australia: Fringe benefits tax return and guide available

South Africa: Action against non-compliance with labour laws

17 March 2005

Bermuda: Budget 2005/06 - changes to payroll tax rates

Canada: Gifts and awards given by employers to their employees

Canada: Interest rates for the second calendar quarter 2005

India: Notification on valuation of perquisites

Philippines: March 26, 2005, a special non-working day

South Africa: Blitz inspections to be conducted for domestic workers

3 March 2005

Canada: Budget 2005 - Increase in the basic personal amount

Canada: Tables on Diskette

New Zealand: Free seminars on collective bargaining and dealing with restructuring situations

New Zealand: Motor vehicle reimbursing rates

New Zealand: Payroll News

Philippines: Learning sessions on wages and productivity

24 February 2005

Australia: Queensland - Pay-roll start date proclaimed

Malta: Payment of Tax on Part-Time Work

Philippines: Guidelines on February 25 holiday

South Africa: Budget 2005/06

17 February 2005

Australia: New guidance on Fringe Benefit Tax

10 February 2005

Botswana: Comprehensive review of Income Tax Act

India: Data connectivity tests for e-return intermediaries

Ireland: Finance Bill 2005 published

New Zealand: Applying for a special tax code or deduction rate

3 February 2005

Hong Kong: Company fined for not informing IRD of employee ceasing employment

Ireland: Labour Court recommends new national minimum wage rate

Kenya: Tax amnesty an "overwhelming success"

New Zealand: Paid parental leave

New Zealand: Payroll News

27 January 2005

South Africa: Increase to minimum wage in wholesale and retail sector

20 January 2005

Fiji: Cabinet approves budget amendments to revenue legislations

India: Receipt for deduction u/s 80G through employer

13 January 2005

Singapore: Double taxation agreement with Bahrain

6 January 2005

Australia: Victoria - Employment agencies, chain of on-hire

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