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August

Key lodgment and payment dates for business for August.

Last updated 21 April 2026

11 August

Activity statements

  • Quarter 4 (April–June) activity statements lodged electronically – final date for lodgment and payment    
    • refer to Lodging your activity statements online for information on your eligibility for this later due date
    • finalising all your PAYG instalments before you lodge your tax return will ensure you receive the correct amount of credit in your income tax assessment.

14 August

PAYG withholding

  • PAYG withholding payment summary annual report – final date for lodgment    
    • use this to summarise all payments to your employees and other payees and the amounts withheld from salary and wages and other payments
    • these amounts should have been reported at labels W1 and W2 on previous financial year activity statements.

Employee Share Scheme (ESS) annual report

  • ESS annual report – final day for lodgment.

21 August

Activity statements

  • July monthly activity statements – final date for lodgment and payment.

GST

  • Final date for eligible monthly GST reporters to elect to report GST annually.

28 August

Taxable payments annual report

Superannuation for quarter 4, 2026

  • Lodge and pay quarter 4 (1 April – 30 June) Superannuation guarantee charge statement – quarterly if you did not pay your contributions on time for this quarter to avoid additional penalties
  • For quarter 4, you can't offset contributions you have paid late. See Missed and late super guarantee payments for more options on late contributions for this quarter.
  • You can't claim an income tax deduction for the quarterly super guarantee charge.

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