Payroll Tax Incentive Scheme
The Payroll Tax Incentive Scheme is a rebate administered by the Department of State and Regional Development to assist businesses to establish and grow in locations where unemployment is above the state average.
If you are approved under the PTIS, you must continue to pay your payroll tax to OSR and claim the rebate back from the Department of State and Regional Development.
Select the topics below to determine if you are eligible for the PTIS rebate and for details about how you can apply.
What is the scheme?
The Payroll Tax Incentive Scheme (PTIS) was introduced to assist new and existing businesses to establish and grow in locations where unemployment is above the state average.
The scheme provides a rebate to offset the payroll tax paid by eligible employers for employees working in eligible locations over a five year period.
The scheme assists
start-up businesses in their first year of operation
businesses relocating from interstate or overseas
businesses expanding their payroll and becoming liable to pay payroll tax for the first time.
It is not available to an employer or group who was liable for payroll tax in previous years.
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