Tax tables

We produce a range of tax tables to help you work out how much to withhold from payments you make to your employees or other payees. A tax withheld calculator that calculates the correct amount of tax to withhold is also available.

Tax tables with an ‘*’ have downloadable look-up tables available in Portable Document Format (PDF). If you would like a copy of the PDF, select the tax table you need and go to the heading ‘Using this table’. The link to the PDF is in the ‘Get it done’ section.

Tax tables for previous years are also available.

Important information

Update 29 June 2018

The Federal Budget announced changes to tax scales for the 2018–19 income year. These changes have been passed by Parliament. They have now been incorporated into the schedules and tax tables below.

Schedule 8 – Statement of formulas for calculating HELP, SSL, TSL and SFSS components and the associated tax tables have also been updated for the 2018–19 income year. The 'Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016' introduced a new lower minimum repayment rate and threshold for all HELP debts from 1 July 2018.

The following tax tables have been updated and apply from 1 July 2018

Statement of formulas

*Statement of formulas for calculating amounts to be withheld	NAT 1004
*Statement of formulas for calculating HELP, SSL, TSL and SFSS components	NAT 3539
Sample data for Schedule 8 – Statement of formulas for calculating HELP, SSL, TSL and SFSS components (XLSX, 42KB)This link will download a file	NAT 3539

Regular payments

*Weekly tax table	NAT 1005
*Fortnightly tax table	NAT 1006
*Monthly tax table	NAT 1007
*Tax table for daily and casual workers	NAT 1024

Medicare levy

*Weekly tax table with no and half Medicare levy	NAT 1008
*Fortnightly tax table with no and half Medicare levy	NAT 74228
*Medicare levy adjustment weekly tax table	NAT 1010
*Medicare levy adjustment fortnightly tax table	NAT 1011
*Medicare levy adjustment monthly tax table	NAT 1012

Superannuation payments

Tax table for superannuation lump sums	NAT 70981
Tax table for superannuation income streams	NAT 70982

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), Student Start-up Loan (SSL) and Trade Support Loan (TSL)

*HELP/SSL/TSL weekly tax table	NAT 2173
*HELP/SSL/TSL fortnightly tax table	NAT 2185
*HELP/SSL/TSL monthly tax table	NAT 2186

Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS)

*SFSS weekly tax table	NAT 3306
*SFSS fortnightly tax table	NAT 3307
*SFSS monthly tax table	NAT 3308

Other tax tables

Tax table for working holiday makers
*Tax table for actors, variety artists and other entertainers	NAT 1023
Tax table for return to work payments	NAT 3347
Tax table for back payments, commissions, bonuses and similar payments	NAT 3348
Tax table for unused leave payments on termination of employment	NAT 3351
Tax table for employment termination payments	NAT 70980
*Tax table for seniors and pensioners	NAT 4466

The following tax tables have not been updated but will continue to apply from 1 July 2018

*Tax table for individuals employed in the horticultural or shearing industry	NAT 1013
Tax table for annuities	NAT 3350
*Tax table for payments made under voluntary agreements	NAT 3352
Tax table for additional amounts to withhold as a result of an agreement to increase withholding	NAT 5441
Tax table for Joint Petroleum Development Area	NAT 7288

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Last modified: 29 Jun 2018QC 16945