PayTally is a set of free calculators that apply the legal minimums in Australian employment and tax law to the numbers you type. Everything runs in your browser. This page is the audit trail: which law each tool applies, the compilation we read, when, which official pages we could and could not reload, and the figures that change each 1 July.
Primary sources are the Acts themselves, read from the Federal Register of Legislation as consolidated compilations. Agency pages (Fair Work Ombudsman, Fair Work Commission, ATO, state agencies) are secondary; where our checker could not reload one on the verification date it is marked Not reloaded and the statement rests on the Act. Verify marks an indexed figure whose 2026-27 value we could not confirm.
| Tool | Law applied | Compilation read | Agency pages | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final pay (hub) | Sum of the four tools below; ATO tax split (tax-free limit, ETP, Schedule 7) | As below | As below | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Redundancy pay | Fair Work Act 2009 s119 (weeks), s121–s123 (exclusions), s122 (transfer of business); ITAA 1997 s83-170 limits as published by the ATO | C2026C00355, 7 July 2026 Loaded | ATO employment termination payments, Schedule 11 Not reloaded; FWO redundancy pages Not reloaded | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Notice pay | Fair Work Act 2009 s16, s18 (base and full rate), s22, s117, s118, s123 | C2026C00355, 7 July 2026 Loaded | FWO notice pages Not reloaded; WA Wageline notice page Loaded | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Annual leave payout | Fair Work Act 2009 s86–s90; SGAA 1992 s6(1); CFMEU v Centennial Northern Mining Services [2015] FCAFC 100 | C2026C00355 Loaded; SGAA C2026C00272, 1 July 2026 Loaded | ATO Schedule 7, unused leave payments Not reloaded; FWO final pay Not reloaded | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Long service leave (and the eight state pages) | Long Service Leave Act 1955 (NSW), 2018 (Vic), Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld) ch 2 pt 3, Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA), 1987 (SA), 1976 (Tas), 1976 (ACT), 1981 (NT) | ACT R29 (19 Nov 2025) and NT REPL021 read in full; other states from agency guidance Loaded | NSW IR, Wage Inspectorate Vic, Business Qld, WA Wageline, SafeWork SA, WorkSafe Tas, WorkSafe ACT, NT Government Loaded; SA and Tas averaging rules Verify | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Unfair dismissal checker | Fair Work Act 2009 s23, s332–s333, s382–s389, s392, s394 | C2026C00355 vol 2 Loaded | FWC eligibility and high income threshold pages Not reloaded (HTTP 403); FWO unfair dismissal Not reloaded | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Sick leave | Fair Work Act 2009 s22, s96–s107; Mondelez v AMWU [2020] HCA 29 | C2026C00355 Loaded | FWO sick and carer's leave Not reloaded | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Super guarantee | SGAA 1992 s6(1), s10A, s17A, s19 | SGAA compilation of 1 July 2026 Loaded | ATO super guarantee and maximum contribution base pages Not reloaded (HTTP 403) | 8 Nov 2026 |
| Casual loading | Fair Work Act 2009 s15A, s23, s66AAB–s66AAD, s66K, s66L; modern award casual clauses (25%) | C2026C00355 Loaded | FWO casual employees pages Not reloaded | 8 Nov 2026 |
"Loaded" means the document was downloaded and read on the date shown (for the Fair Work Act, the Word compilation from legislation.gov.au, because the /latest/text page is a table of contents). Pages that returned HTTP 403 or did not respond are marked not reloaded; the figures they would confirm were last seen on earlier checks and are marked where they could have changed on 1 July 2026.
The figures hard-coded in the tools, with the date each took effect and the next date it can change. The statutory tables (s117 notice, s119 redundancy weeks, s96 ten days) have not changed since the Act commenced in 2009-10.
| Figure | Value | Effective from | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine redundancy tax-free limit, base | $13,598 | 1 July 2026 (2026-27) | ATO, ITAA 1997 s83-170 | Loaded verified for the redundancy tool |
| Genuine redundancy tax-free limit, per completed year | $6,801 | 1 July 2026 | ATO | Loaded |
| 2025-26 limit (for payments before 1 July 2026) | $13,100 + $6,552 | 1 July 2025 | ATO | Loaded |
| ETP cap | $270,000 | 1 July 2026 | ATO | Loaded |
| Whole-of-income cap | $180,000 | Not indexed | ATO Schedule 11 | Loaded |
| ETP withholding (under / at preservation age, within cap) | 32% / 17% | Not indexed | ATO Schedule 11 | Loaded |
| Unused leave payment withholding cap, genuine redundancy | 32% | Not indexed | ATO Schedule 7 | Loaded |
| Annual leave loading (where the award pays it) | 17.5% | Award term | Modern awards | Loaded |
| Super guarantee rate (charge percentage) | 12% | 1 July 2025, unchanged 2026-27 | SGAA 1992 s19 | Loaded read in the Act |
| Maximum contribution base, per quarter | $62,500 | 1 July 2025 (2025-26) | SGAA s10A(5): concessional cap ÷ (4 × 12%) | Verify 2026-27 figure not loaded |
| Payday super: contribution due | 7 business days after payday | 1 July 2026 | SGAA s6(1) "usual period" | Loaded read in the Act |
| High income threshold (unfair dismissal, award-free) | $183,100 | 1 July 2025 (2025-26) | Fair Work Regulations; FWC | Verify 2026-27 figure not loaded; cannot be lower (s333(2)) |
| Unfair dismissal minimum employment period | 6 months / 12 months (small business) | 1 July 2009 | FWA s383 | Loaded |
| Unfair dismissal lodgement period | 21 days | 1 January 2013 | FWA s394(2) | Loaded |
| Casual conversion: employee choice after | 6 months / 12 months (small business) | 26 August 2024 | FWA s66AAB | Loaded |
| Casual loading | 25% | Award term | Modern awards | Verify check your award |
| Paid personal/carer's leave | 10 days a year (2 weeks of ordinary hours) | 1 January 2010 | FWA s96; Mondelez [2020] HCA 29 | Loaded |
| Long service leave accrual | 0.8667 wk/yr (NSW, Vic, Qld, WA, Tas, ACT); 1.3 wk/yr (SA, NT) | Per state Act | State Acts and agencies | Loaded |
Most indexed figures change on 1 July: the redundancy tax-free limit and ETP cap (indexed to AWOTE), the high income threshold, the maximum contribution base (via the concessional cap), and award rates after the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review. State long service leave Acts change rarely and not on a fixed date.
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