Medicare levy adjustment weekly tax table

Using this tax table

This tax table is for payments made from 1 July 2026.

Use this tax table if you make payments to a payee on a weekly basis and they are entitled to a Medicare levy adjustment.

This tax table should be used with the Weekly tax table and the Medicare levy variation declaration.

You can also:

• Use the Medicare levy adjustment lookup tool (XLSX, 25KB)This link will download a fileThis link will download a file to quickly work out a Medicare levy adjustment
• download a printable version of Medicare levy adjustment weekly tax table (NAT 1010, PDF 876KB)This link will download a file.

When your payee is entitled to a Medicare levy adjustment

Your payee is entitled to an adjustment if they meet all the following requirements:

• they have provided you with a Medicare levy variation declaration in which they    
  • claimed dependants
  • answered 'yes' to question 10 in the declaration ‘Is the combined weekly income of you and your spouse, or your income as a sole parent, less than the relevant amount in table A on page 2?'
• they have weekly earnings of $538 or more, but less than the corresponding amount in column A of Table 1 – for example, a payee who claims 2 dependent children must have weekly earnings of less than $1,344 to be entitled to a Medicare levy adjustment.

No Medicare levy is payable on weekly earnings of less than $538.

If your payee claims more than 10 children, the column A amount is $2,178, plus $104 for each child claimed in excess of 10.

Column B shows the values used in calculating adjustments for payees with more than 5 dependent children. If your payee claims more than 10 dependent children, the column B amount is $1,742.65 plus $83.42 for each child in excess of 10.

For information on how to use Table 1, see Working out the Medicare levy adjustment.

Medicare levy adjustments

Table 1: Medicare levy adjustment weekly earnings limits

Dependants	Column A	Column B
Spouse only	$1,135	–
1 child	$1,239	–
2 children	$1,344	–
3 children	$1,448	–
4 children	$1,552	–
5 children	$1,656	–
6 children	$1,761	$1,408.96
7 children	$1,865	$1,492.38
8 children	$1,969	$1,575.81
9 children	$2,074	$1,659.23
10 children	$2,178	$1,742.65

Working out the withholding amount

To work out the amount you need to withhold, follow these steps:

1. Use the Weekly tax table to find the weekly amount to withhold from your payee's earnings, allowing for any tax offsets claimed.
2. Reduce this amount by the amount of the Medicare levy adjustment, worked out as detailed in Working out the Medicare levy adjustment.

Where the adjustment equals or exceeds the amount obtained in step 1, the amount to be withheld is nil.

Working out the Medicare levy adjustment

How you work out the Medicare levy adjustment varies depending on the number of dependent children your payee is claiming. See either:

• Payee claiming spouse or one to 5 dependent children
• Payee with more than 5 dependent children

Payee claiming spouse or one to 5 dependent children

Round the weekly earnings down to the nearest dollar amount. Input the weekly earnings into the Medicare levy adjustment lookup tool (XLSX, 25KB)This link will download a file and find the corresponding amount of Medicare levy adjustment in the appropriate column.

Payee with more than 5 dependent children

How you work out the Medicare levy adjustment for a payee with more than 5 dependent children varies depending on the weekly earnings of the payee. Refer to:

• Weekly earnings less than $1,326
• Weekly earnings of $1,326 or more but less than the column B amount that corresponds to the number of dependent children claimed
• Weekly earnings of $1,326 or more and greater than the column B amount but less than the column A amount that corresponds to the number of dependent children claimed

Weekly earnings less than $1,326

Use the ‘5 children’ column. Round the weekly earnings down to the nearest dollar. Input the weekly earnings into the Medicare levy adjustment lookup tool (XLSX, 25KB)This link will download a fileThis link will download a file and find the corresponding amount of Medicare levy adjustment in the ‘5 children’ column.

Weekly earnings of $1,326 or more but less than the column B amount that corresponds to the number of dependent children claimed

Round the weekly earnings down to the nearest dollar and add 99 cents. Take 2% of that amount and round to the nearest dollar.

Weekly earnings of $1,326 or more and greater than the column B amount but less than the column A amount that corresponds to the number of dependent children claimed

Complete steps 1–4 below:

1. Take 2% of the relevant column B amount. Round the result to the nearest cent.
2. Take 8% of the difference between the weekly earnings (round down to the nearest dollar plus 99 cents) and the column B amount. Round the result to the nearest cent.
3. Subtract the result of step 2 from step 1.
4. Round the result to the nearest dollar.

Using a formula

The Medicare levy adjustments shown in this tax table can be expressed in a mathematical form.

If you have developed your own payroll or accounting software package, refer to Schedule 1 – Statement of formulas for calculating amounts to be withheld.

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