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Payroll & Payroll Tax in Northern Territory

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The short answer

In Northern Territory, payroll tax is administered by Territory Revenue Office and applies once your total Australian wages pass $2.5 million ($2,500,000) a year ($208,333 a month), taxed at 5.5%. Valont runs your payroll end to end — pay runs, PAYG withholding, superannuation and Single Touch Payroll — and keeps your Northern Territory payroll tax registration and lodgements correct, applying the current figures from Territory Revenue Office.

Payroll tax in Northern Territory

Administered by: Territory Revenue Office
Tax-free threshold: $2.5 million ($2,500,000) a year ($208,333 a month)
Rate: 5.5%
Also note: A higher rate of 6.5% applies to employers (or groups) with Australia-wide wages of $100 million or more from 1 July 2026.

Figures verified against Territory Revenue Office 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: Territory Revenue Office

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 Northern Territory, FY2026-27

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

Date	Day	Holiday
3 July 2026	Friday	Alice Springs Show DayRegional-only — applies only in the Alice Springs show day region (see NT show day regions map)
10 July 2026	Friday	Tennant Creek Show DayRegional-only — applies only in the Tennant Creek show day region
17 July 2026	Friday	Katherine Show DayRegional-only — applies only in the Katherine show day region
24 July 2026	Friday	Darwin Show DayRegional-only — applies only in the Darwin show day region
3 August 2026	Monday	Picnic DayNT-wide public holiday (NT-specific holiday, first Monday in August)
14 August 2026	Friday	Borroloola Show DayRegional-only — applies only in the Borroloola show day region
24 December 2026	Thursday	Christmas EvePart-day holiday — 7pm to midnight only
25 December 2026	Friday	Christmas Day
26 December 2026	Saturday	Boxing DayFalls on a Saturday and remains a public holiday; an additional 'Boxing Day Monday' holiday is also appointed on 28 Dec 2026
28 December 2026	Monday	Boxing Day MondayAdditional public holiday because Boxing Day 2026 falls on a Saturday (both days are holidays)
31 December 2026	Thursday	New Year's EvePart-day holiday — 7pm to midnight only
1 January 2027	Friday	New Year's Day
26 January 2027	Tuesday	Australia Day
26 March 2027	Friday	Good Friday
27 March 2027	Saturday	Easter SaturdayFull public holiday in NT (not the case in some other jurisdictions, e.g. WA/TAS)
28 March 2027	Sunday	Easter SundayFull public holiday in NT (not observed as a holiday in several other jurisdictions)
29 March 2027	Monday	Easter Monday
26 April 2027	Monday	Anzac DaySubstitute observance — 25 April 2027 falls on a Sunday, so NT appoints Monday 26 April as the public holiday; the official table lists ONLY Monday 26 April (Sunday 25 April itself is not a public holiday in NT)
3 May 2027	Monday	May DayNT-specific holiday (first Monday in May)
14 June 2027	Monday	King's Birthday

• Source is the official NT Government page (nt.gov.au/nt-public-holidays) under the Public Holidays Act 1981; the page publishes full statewide tables for 2026 AND 2027, so every FY2026-27 date above is officially published.
• 2027 regional show day dates are NOT yet confirmed — the page states: 'The dates for 2027 regional show days are not yet confirmed. This page will be updated once the public holidays are appointed.' All show days fall in July-August, i.e. FY2027-28, so this does not affect the FY2026-27 list.
• Show days (Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine, Darwin, Borroloola) are REGIONAL holidays only — they apply only to the region celebrating its annual show; use the official NT show day regions map to determine which applies to a work location. All other listed holidays apply NT-wide.
• Part-day holidays: Christmas Eve (24 Dec 2026) and New Year's Eve (31 Dec 2026) are public holidays from 7pm to midnight ONLY — public holiday penalty rates apply only within those hours.
• Boxing Day 2026 double observance: Saturday 26 Dec 2026 is a public holiday AND Monday 28 Dec 2026 ('Boxing Day Monday') is an additional public holiday — payroll must treat both as holidays for staff who work them.
• Anzac Day 2027: the NT holiday is Monday 26 April 2027 only. Sunday 25 April 2027 is NOT a public holiday in NT (unlike some jurisdictions that keep the actual day plus a substitute). By contrast, Anzac Day 2026 fell on Saturday 25 April and stayed on the Saturday with no substitute.
• NT observes all four Easter days as full public holidays (Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday) — do not assume parity with WA/TAS/SA, where Easter Saturday and/or Easter Sunday are not holidays.
• NT has no separate bank holiday (unlike the NSW August Bank Holiday); Picnic Day (first Monday in August) and May Day are NT-specific statewide holidays.
• Picnic Day 2027 (Monday 2 August 2027) is already published by NT but falls outside FY2026-27 and is therefore excluded from this list.
• Weekday for every date above was independently verified against the calendar and matches the official page exactly.

Official source: NT Government — "NT public and regional holidays", NT.GOV.AU (Public Holidays Act 1981, administered by the Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet)

Verified against NT Government — "NT public and regional holidays", NT.GOV.AU (Public Holidays Act 1981, administered by the Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet) on 2026-07-15. Gazettals can change — confirm at the source before locking in rosters.

How Valont handles it for Northern Territory 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

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Payroll tax in Northern Territory is administered by Territory Revenue Office. It applies once your total Australian wages pass $2.5 million ($2,500,000) a year ($208,333 a month), taxed at 5.5%. We keep your registration and returns in order and apply the current threshold and rate — figures verified against Territory Revenue Office on 2026-07-02; confirm the current amounts at https://treasury.nt.gov.au/dtf/territory-revenue-office/payroll-tax/payroll-tax-rates-and-thresholds.

Northern Territory has 20 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 NT Government — "NT public and regional holidays", NT.GOV.AU (Public Holidays Act 1981, administered by the Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet) (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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