* Note: The maximum deduction is reduced on a proportionate basis where interstate wages are paid and or where Australian wages exceed $1 500 000 (see Calculating and Paying your Payroll Tax for more details).
1 A calendar month is the whole period from the 1st to the 28th, 29th, 30th or 31st of the month, depending on the length of each month. However, the period from (for example) the 15th of one month to the 15th of the next month is not a calendar month – it is two part months.