Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
Sep 15th 2011, 11:09 pm
#48
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
"Casual" is merely a description of a mode of employment, not necessarily a definition of the way you work! If you work as a "casual" employee then your employer pays your income tax and the employer's 9% superannuation contribution, but only pays you for the hours you actually work: if you are a "contractor" then your employer pays you an agreed gross amount for the time you work and you are responsible for all the other payments. In neither case will you get holiday or sick pay.
If you are a contractor instead of a casual employee then you will probably need to register for GST (our VAT) and get an Australian Business Number (ABN). Back in 2000 this applied to any contractor who expected to gross more than $50,000 a year: check with the ATO website what the current conditions are. You can register as a "Sole Trader", you don't need to be a company.
I have recently changed from being a contractor to being a casual employee: this was mainly because the ATO does not consider you to be an independent contractor if you earn more than 80% of your income from a single source. This affects your employer more than it does you, as he pays payroll tax on employees but not on contractors: it will only affect you if you are claiming tax deductions as a contractor that you are not entitled to as an employee.
Hope this helps.
If you are a contractor instead of a casual employee then you will probably need to register for GST (our VAT) and get an Australian Business Number (ABN). Back in 2000 this applied to any contractor who expected to gross more than $50,000 a year: check with the ATO website what the current conditions are. You can register as a "Sole Trader", you don't need to be a company.
I have recently changed from being a contractor to being a casual employee: this was mainly because the ATO does not consider you to be an independent contractor if you earn more than 80% of your income from a single source. This affects your employer more than it does you, as he pays payroll tax on employees but not on contractors: it will only affect you if you are claiming tax deductions as a contractor that you are not entitled to as an employee.
Hope this helps.
Sep 16th 2011, 8:54 am
#49
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Re: Perth job offer, AUD1600 dayrate
"Casual" is merely a description of a mode of employment, not necessarily a definition of the way you work! If you work as a "casual" employee then your employer pays your income tax and the employer's 9% superannuation contribution, but only pays you for the hours you actually work: if you are a "contractor" then your employer pays you an agreed gross amount for the time you work and you are responsible for all the other payments. In neither case will you get holiday or sick pay.
If you are a contractor instead of a casual employee then you will probably need to register for GST (our VAT) and get an Australian Business Number (ABN). Back in 2000 this applied to any contractor who expected to gross more than $50,000 a year: check with the ATO website what the current conditions are. You can register as a "Sole Trader", you don't need to be a company.
I have recently changed from being a contractor to being a casual employee: this was mainly because the ATO does not consider you to be an independent contractor if you earn more than 80% of your income from a single source. This affects your employer more than it does you, as he pays payroll tax on employees but not on contractors: it will only affect you if you are claiming tax deductions as a contractor that you are not entitled to as an employee.
Hope this helps.
If you are a contractor instead of a casual employee then you will probably need to register for GST (our VAT) and get an Australian Business Number (ABN). Back in 2000 this applied to any contractor who expected to gross more than $50,000 a year: check with the ATO website what the current conditions are. You can register as a "Sole Trader", you don't need to be a company.
I have recently changed from being a contractor to being a casual employee: this was mainly because the ATO does not consider you to be an independent contractor if you earn more than 80% of your income from a single source. This affects your employer more than it does you, as he pays payroll tax on employees but not on contractors: it will only affect you if you are claiming tax deductions as a contractor that you are not entitled to as an employee.
Hope this helps.
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