Do you work with businesses across Victoria?

Yes. Valont works with businesses across Victoria and Australia-wide through cloud-based systems, so you get the same service whether you're in a capital city or a regional town.

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You can take managed payroll on its own, or as one function of a connected back office — finance, people, operations and growth run by one accountable team. You pick what you need; we never tell you what you should have.

Payroll & Payroll Tax in Victoria

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The short answer

In Victoria, payroll tax is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria and applies once your total Australian wages pass $1 million ($1,000,000) a year ($83,333 a month), taxed at 4.85% (metropolitan); 1.2125% for eligible regional employers. Valont runs your payroll end to end — pay runs, PAYG withholding, superannuation and Single Touch Payroll — and keeps your Victoria payroll tax registration and lodgements correct, applying the current figures from State Revenue Office Victoria.

Payroll tax in Victoria

Administered by: State Revenue Office Victoria
Tax-free threshold: $1 million ($1,000,000) a year ($83,333 a month)
Rate: 4.85% (metropolitan); 1.2125% for eligible regional employers
Also note: A mental health and wellbeing surcharge adds 0.5% on national payrolls above $10 million and 1% above $100 million.

Figures verified against State Revenue Office Victoria 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: State Revenue Office Victoria

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 Victoria, FY2026-27

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

Date	Day	Holiday
25 September 2026	Friday	Friday before the AFL Grand FinalConditional/appointed annually under the Public Holidays Act 1993, tied to the AFL fixture (Grand Final Sat 26 Sep 2026). Published in the official Victorian Government calendar as 25 Sep 2026.
3 November 2026	Tuesday	Melbourne Cup DayStatewide EXCEPT where a non-metropolitan council has arranged an alternate local holiday in lieu — check Business Victoria's non-metropolitan public holidays list for regional staff.
25 December 2026	Friday	Christmas Day
26 December 2026	Saturday	Boxing DayFalls on Saturday and remains a public holiday on the day itself; an additional holiday is also given on Mon 28 Dec.
28 December 2026	Monday	Boxing Day (additional public holiday)Additional day because Boxing Day falls on a Saturday — both Sat 26 Dec and Mon 28 Dec are public holidays (additional, not a swap).
1 January 2027	Friday	New Year's Day
26 January 2027	Tuesday	Australia Day
8 March 2027	Monday	Labour Day
26 March 2027	Friday	Good Friday
27 March 2027	Saturday	Saturday before Easter Sunday (Easter Saturday)Full public holiday in Victoria (unlike WA and Tasmania, where Easter Saturday is not a public holiday).
28 March 2027	Sunday	Easter SundayFull public holiday in Victoria (Easter Sunday is not a public holiday in several other jurisdictions).
29 March 2027	Monday	Easter Monday
25 April 2027	Sunday	ANZAC DayFalls on a Sunday and Victoria provides NO substitute/additional Monday — the holiday is Sunday 25 April only.
14 June 2027	Monday	King's Birthday

• Data taken from the official Victorian Government iCal calendar file hosted on www.vic.gov.au (direct file: https://www.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-06/Victorian-public-holiday-dates.ics, published June 2026, covers 2019-2028, stated as sourced from Business Victoria). The canonical Business Victoria pages (business.vic.gov.au/business-information/public-holidays/victorian-public-holidays-2026 and .../victorian-public-holidays-2027) exist and are the authoritative HTML listings, but business.vic.gov.au returns HTTP 403 to automated clients so the vic.gov.au official file was parsed instead.
• 2027 dates are officially published by the Victorian Government (the official calendar file includes them and Business Victoria maintains pages through 2028), so the Jan-Jun 2027 dates above are official, not extrapolated.
• ANZAC Day 2027 falls on Sunday 25 April with NO substitute Monday in Victoria — do not pay a public holiday on Mon 26 Apr 2027. This differs from jurisdictions such as WA which appoint a substitute.
• Boxing Day 2026: Saturday 26 December IS itself a public holiday AND Monday 28 December is an ADDITIONAL public holiday — treat both days as public holidays for penalty-rate purposes.
• Melbourne Cup Day (Tue 3 Nov 2026) is a statewide holiday UNLESS an alternate local holiday has been arranged by a non-metropolitan council; some regional shires substitute a local show/festival day. Check Business Victoria's 'Victorian non-metropolitan public holidays 2026' page for employees based in regional LGAs.
• Friday before the AFL Grand Final is appointed each year under the Public Holidays Act 1993 and depends on the AFL fixture; the official calendar lists Fri 25 Sep 2026 for this FY. (The 2027 equivalent, outside this FY, is still a placeholder in the official file — not yet finalised.)
• Victoria has NO part-day public holidays — no Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve part-day holidays (unlike SA, QLD and NT) — and no separate bank holiday (unlike NSW's August Bank Holiday).
• Easter Saturday (27 Mar 2027) and Easter Sunday (28 Mar 2027) are BOTH full public holidays in Victoria; payroll systems configured for other states may omit them (Easter Saturday is not a holiday in WA/TAS; Easter Sunday is not a holiday in several jurisdictions).
• Restricted trading days within this FY (retail trading law, separate from payroll): Christmas Day 25 Dec 2026, Good Friday 26 Mar 2027, and ANZAC Day 25 Apr 2027 (restricted until 1pm) — only exempt shops may open.
• No substitutes arise for New Year's Day 2027 (Friday) or Australia Day 2027 (Tuesday) as both fall on weekdays.
• All weekday/date pairings were verified programmatically (Python datetime) against the official file.

Official source: Victorian Government official public holiday calendar (vic.gov.au iCal, sourced from Business Victoria)

Verified against Victorian Government official public holiday calendar (vic.gov.au iCal, sourced from Business Victoria) on 2026-07-15. Gazettals can change — confirm at the source before locking in rosters.

How Valont handles it for Victoria 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 Victoria locations we serve.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Payroll tax in Victoria is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria. It applies once your total Australian wages pass $1 million ($1,000,000) a year ($83,333 a month), taxed at 4.85% (metropolitan); 1.2125% for eligible regional employers. We keep your registration and returns in order and apply the current threshold and rate — figures verified against State Revenue Office Victoria on 2026-07-02; confirm the current amounts at https://www.sro.vic.gov.au/about-us/rates-and-statistics/current-rates/payroll-tax-current-rates.

Victoria 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 Victorian Government official public holiday calendar (vic.gov.au iCal, sourced from Business Victoria) (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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