Taxation of remuneration paper

Published on 25 Aug 06 by WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, THE TAX INSTITUTE

In the current environment, competitive remuneration strategies are a must to attract and retain employees. It is critical to understand the tax impact of different approaches to remuneration. This paper focusses on trends in employee remuneration, and taxation issues to consider in designing approaches to remuneration.

• What we are seeing in the market?
• Long and short term incentives and the approach to total remuneration.
• Update on employee share schemes.
• Salary packaging - when it works, popular benefits and how to transition into packaging.

Author profile

Tanya Ross-Jones ATI

Tanya is a Principal in the Perth office of Ernst & Young and has 12 years experience in corporate tax, particularly in the areas of consulting, planning and compliance. She specialises in employment taxes including FBT, PAYG and superannuation guarantee. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Tanya gained first hand experience with the oil and gas industry whilst working with Woodside. Tanya is a regular presenter at various professional bodies, including the Taxation Institute. - Current at 14 March 2017

More by Tanya ROSS-JONES

• Benefit and remuneration planning for globally mobile employees paper - 23-February-2016
• Salary Packaging and Fringe Benefits Tax paper - 24-March-2006
• Developments in tax issues from an employer perspective seminar paper - 18-November-2004

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