Using this schedule
This withholding schedule is made by the Commissioner of Taxation in accordance with sections 15-25 and 15-30 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (TAA). It applies to withholding payments covered by Subdivisions 12-B (except sections 12-50 and 12-55), and 12-D of Schedule 1 to the TAA.
This schedule applies to payments made from 1 July 2026.
If you develop your own payroll or accounting software package, this schedule provides the formulas and coefficients you will need to calculate the amounts to be withheld from payments made on a weekly, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly basis.
Separate scales apply to:
- foreign residents
- payees who have claimed or not claimed the tax-free threshold
- payees claiming a full or half-exemption from the Medicare levy.
To help employers and other payers who don't have a software package, our website provides the following tools, which are based on the formulas in this schedule:
Payments covered include:
- salary, wages, allowances and leave loading paid to employees
- paid parental leave
- directors' fees
- salary and allowances paid to office holders (including members of parliament, statutory office holders, defence force members and police officers)
- payments to labour-hire workers
- payments to religious practitioners
- government pensions
- government education or training payments
- compensation, sickness or accident payments that are calculated at a periodical rate and made because a person is unable to work (unless the payment is made under an insurance policy to the policy owner).
Don't use this schedule for payments made to individuals employed under a working holiday makers visa. You must use Schedule 15 - Tax table for working holiday makers for all payments made to them, including lump sum payments.
Software
Payroll or accounting software written in accordance with the formulas in this schedule should be tested for accuracy against the sample data provided.
The results obtained when using the coefficients in this schedule may differ slightly from the sums of the amounts shown in the PAYG tax tables. The differences result from the rounding of components. Withholding calculated using either method is accepted.
You can download a printable version of Schedule 1 - Statement of formulas for calculating amounts to be withheld (NAT 1004, PDF 516KB)This link will download a file.
Other statements of formulas
Statements of formulas for other classes of payees are also available. These include:
- Schedule 8 - Statement of formulas for calculating study and training support loans components
- Schedule 2 - Tax table for individuals employed in the horticultural or shearing industry
- Schedule 3 - Tax table for actors, variety artists and other entertainers
- Schedule 9 - Tax table for seniors and pensioners
- Schedule 15 - Tax table for working holiday makers.