Tax withheld calculator

Work out the tax you need to withhold from payments to employees and other workers including working holiday makers.

On this page

• Go to the calculator
• What you can do with this calculator
• What you will need
• Help using this calculator
• What else you can do

Go to the calculator

Choose the right calculator depending on your situation.

Tax withheld for individuals calculator

The Tax withheld for individuals calculator is for payments made to employees and other workers including working holiday makers. It will take between 2 and 10 minutes to use.

ATO app Tax withheld calculator

The ATO app includes a simplified version of the tax withheld calculator for use by employers and workers. It will take between 1 and 2 minutes to use.

It covers most scenarios, but you'll need to use the full version outlined above if you are not an Australian resident for tax purposes, are a working holiday maker, or are claiming tax offsets or Medicare levy adjustments.

What you can do with this calculator

If you're an employer or another withholding payer, our tax withheld calculator can help you work out the tax you need to withhold from payments you make to employees and other workers. It applies to payments made in the 2023–24 income year and takes into account:

• Income tax rates
• Medicare levy
• Study and training support loan contributions
• Worker status
  • Resident
  • Non-resident
  • Working holiday maker
   
• Registration of employers of working holiday makers
• Tax-free threshold
• Tax offset entitlements.

The results of this calculator are based on the information you provide.

What you will need

To use this calculator, you will need the information your employees or other workers supply in their:

• Tax file number declaration
• Withholding declaration
• Medicare levy variation declaration.

Help using this calculator

See the tax withheld for individuals calculator instructions for help using this calculator and definitions of the terms we use.

What else you can do

For information about other changes for the 2023–24 income year refer to Tax tables.

If you need to withhold from a worker who is subject to a voluntary agreement, such as a contractor, go to the voluntary agreement calculator.

If you employ working holiday makers, other tax tables apply. For more information see Tax table for working holiday makers.

To get an estimate of your gross pay based on your net pay for a particular pay period, see Gross pay estimator.