Tax withheld calculators
If you're an employer or another withholding payer, our tax withheld calculators can help you work out the tax you need to withhold from payments you make to employees and other workers.
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Before you use these calculators
The calculated results are based on the information you provide at the time of calculation.
Our tax withheld calculators apply to payments made in the 2022–23 income year.
For information about other changes for the 2022–23 income year refer to Tax tables.
If you employ working holiday makers, other tax tables apply. For more information refer to Tax table for working holiday makers.
Choose the right calculator
There are 3 withholding calculators you can use 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 Australia resident for tax purposes, are a working holiday maker, or are claiming tax offsets or Medicare levy adjustments.
Voluntary agreement calculator
The Voluntary agreement calculator is for workers, such as subcontractors, who are subject to a voluntary agreement. It will take between 1 and 2 minutes to use this calculator.
To use these calculators, you will need the information your employees or other workers supply in their:
To get an estimate of your gross pay based on your net pay for a particular pay period, see Gross pay estimator.
What the tax withheld for individuals calculator does
The tax withheld for individuals calculator can help you work out the tax you need to withhold from payments you make to employees and other workers 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.
Last modified: 01 Jul 2022QC 16944