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Payroll & Payroll Tax in New South Wales

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The short answer

In New South Wales, payroll tax is administered by Revenue NSW and applies once your total Australian wages pass $1.2 million ($1,200,000) a year, taxed at 5.45%. Valont runs your payroll end to end — pay runs, PAYG withholding, superannuation and Single Touch Payroll — and keeps your New South Wales payroll tax registration and lodgements correct, applying the current figures from Revenue NSW.

Payroll tax in New South Wales

Administered by: Revenue NSW
Tax-free threshold: $1.2 million ($1,200,000) a year
Rate: 5.45%

Figures verified against Revenue NSW on 2026-07-02 (FY2026-27). Payroll tax figures are reviewed at each 1 July — confirm the current amounts at the source before relying on them.

Official source: Revenue NSW

General information, current as at the date shown on the official source — not personal advice. Figures move; we apply the current ones.

Public holidays in New South Wales, FY2026-27

The full financial year, as gazetted. If your team works on these days, award penalty rates usually apply.

Date	Day	Holiday
3 August 2026	Monday	Bank HolidayNOT a general public holiday — applies only to retail bank branches and certain financial institutions, which must close unless exempt. Most employers/payrolls ignore it.
5 October 2026	Monday	Labour Day
25 December 2026	Friday	Christmas DayFalls on a weekday — no additional day arises.
26 December 2026	Saturday	Boxing DayFalls on a Saturday — remains a public holiday itself, and triggers an additional public holiday on Monday 28 December 2026.
28 December 2026	Monday	Additional public holiday (for Boxing Day)ADDITIONAL day (not a substitute): both Sat 26 Dec and Mon 28 Dec are public holidays, per the NSW rule that when New Year's Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Sat/Sun there is an additional holiday the following Mon/Tue.
1 January 2027	Friday	New Year's DayFalls on a weekday — no additional day arises.
26 January 2027	Tuesday	Australia DayTuesday holiday — the preceding Monday 25 Jan 2027 is NOT a holiday (no bridging day).
26 March 2027	Friday	Good Friday
27 March 2027	Saturday	Easter SaturdayFull public holiday in NSW (unlike WA and Tasmania, where Easter Saturday is not a public holiday).
28 March 2027	Sunday	Easter SundayFull public holiday in NSW (not a public holiday in several other Australian jurisdictions).
29 March 2027	Monday	Easter Monday
25 April 2027	Sunday	Anzac DayFalls on a Sunday — remains the public holiday on the day itself; an additional Monday holiday was specially declared (see next entry).
26 April 2027	Monday	Additional public holiday (Anzac Day)One-off ADDITIONAL day declared by the NSW Government for 2026 and 2027 only (Minns Government announcement); not an automatic ongoing entitlement — a review from 2027 will consider permanent arrangements. Both Sun 25 Apr and Mon 26 Apr 2027 are public holidays.
14 June 2027	Monday	King's BirthdaySecond Monday in June (NSW observance).

• Source is the official NSW Government public holidays page (nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/public-holidays), which publishes full calendars for both 2026 and 2027; every weekday above was independently recomputed against the date and matches.
• The Bank Holiday (first Monday in August: 3 Aug 2026 in this FY) is NOT a general public holiday — it applies only to retail bank branches and certain financial institutions, which are required to close unless exempt. Do not apply public-holiday penalty rates to general staff for this day.
• The December 2026 and April 2027 Monday holidays are ADDITIONAL days, not substitutes: Sat 26 Dec 2026, Sun 25 Apr 2027 remain public holidays in their own right alongside Mon 28 Dec 2026 and Mon 26 Apr 2027 — relevant for weekend-shift penalty rates.
• The Monday 26 April 2027 Anzac additional holiday is a special government declaration covering 2026 and 2027 only; NSW law does not automatically add a Monday when Anzac Day falls on a weekend, and a review will decide future arrangements — do not extrapolate to later years.
• Easter Saturday (27 Mar 2027) and Easter Sunday (28 Mar 2027) ARE public holidays in NSW; note for multi-state payrolls that Easter Saturday is not a holiday in WA/TAS and Easter Sunday is not a holiday in several other jurisdictions.
• NSW has NO part-day public holidays — no Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve part-day holidays (unlike QLD, SA and NT).
• In addition to the statewide list, NSW declares Local Public Holidays and Local Event Days in specific regional/rural council areas (e.g. agricultural show or race days), gazetted separately on ministerial declaration after council application — check the NSW local public holidays list for any site-specific location before running payroll for regional sites; none are included in the list above.
• Australia Day 2027 falls on Tuesday 26 January — there is no bridging holiday on Monday 25 January 2027.
• Christmas Day 2026 (Friday) and New Year's Day 2027 (Friday) fall on weekdays, so no additional days arise for them in this financial year.

Official source: NSW Government — NSW public holidays (official state government page), supplemented by NSW Government ministerial release on the additional Anzac Day public holiday

Verified against NSW Government — NSW public holidays (official state government page), supplemented by NSW Government ministerial release on the additional Anzac Day public holiday on 2026-07-15. Gazettals can change — confirm at the source before locking in rosters.

How Valont handles it for New South Wales businesses

Pay runs processed and reviewed by a specialist before approval
Modern Award rates, penalties and allowances applied correctly
PAYG, superannuation and Single Touch Payroll lodged each pay run
State payroll tax registration, grouping and monthly/annual returns kept in order

It works as one function of the connected back office — or on its own. See the full managed payroll service, or browse the New South Wales locations we serve.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Payroll tax in New South Wales is administered by Revenue NSW. It applies once your total Australian wages pass $1.2 million ($1,200,000) a year, taxed at 5.45%. We keep your registration and returns in order and apply the current threshold and rate — figures verified against Revenue NSW on 2026-07-02; confirm the current amounts at https://www.revenue.nsw.gov.au/taxes-duties-levies-royalties/payroll-tax/lodge-and-pay-returns/thresholds-and-rates.

New South Wales has 14 gazetted public holiday dates between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2027, including any regional or part-day observances noted in the table on this page. They're set by NSW Government — NSW public holidays (official state government page), supplemented by NSW Government ministerial release on the additional Anzac Day public holiday (verified 2026-07-15). If your team works on them, award penalty rates usually apply — which is exactly where payroll costs jump if the setup is wrong.

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