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Policy mandateProcess & self-service2019-03-01
Employers, unless exempt, must notify the tax office of payments to employees, in many cases each pay run, under Australia's 2019 single touch payroll law
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Event date / reported
2019-03-01
Evidence stage
Policy mandateRegulation, subsidy or public procurement is requiring or funding adoption — the mirror of a constraint. It shows adoption is being required, not that it has happened, so one mandate is never enough on its own; two independent ones are.
Tasks this bears on
Tax and social-contribution filings
Preparing and submitting the pay, tax and social-security returns employers owe the state.
Automating✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Australia. Schedule 3 of the Act extends single touch payroll reporting to all employers by repealing the definition of 'substantial employer' and states that employers must, unless they are exempt, notify the Commissioner of certain amounts relating to payments to their employees, in many cases bringing forward the due dates for reporting. The schedule commences on 1 July 2019. It makes payroll reporting continuous and digital; it says nothing about staffing.
What this means
In Australia, payroll reporting to the tax office now happens with each pay run, from the payroll system.
What it does not yet show
A law on reporting; it does not measure the work it removed or added for payroll staff.
What you can check
Open the Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 4) Act 2019, Schedule 3, and find "Employers must (unless they are exempt) notify the Commissioner".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event, and this stage does not move one on its own: a "Policy mandate" record counts toward a judgement but needs a second, independent record before the judgement rests on evidence. This one is counted; on its own it changed nothing.
Source
Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 4) Act 2019 (Cth), No. 8, 2019, Schedule 3 — Single touch payroll reporting (assented to 1 March 2019) · verified 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.