Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PAYROLL TAX ACT 2009 (NO 18 OF 2009) - SECT 83

    (1)     If the amount of payroll tax paid or payable by an employer (other than a group employer) when the employer made the returns relating to a financial year is greater than the correct amount of payroll tax payable by the employer in respect of the financial year, the Commissioner (on application by the employer) is to refund to that employer an amount equal to the difference.

    (2)     If the amount of payroll tax paid or payable by an employer (other than a group employer) when the employer made the returns relating to a financial year is less than the correct amount of payroll tax payable by the employer in respect of the financial year, the employer must pay to the Commissioner as payroll tax an amount equal to the difference.

    (3)     Any amount payable by an employer under this section or clause 15 of Schedule 2 in respect of a financial year must be paid within the period during which the employer is required to lodge a return under this Act in respect of the return period that is or includes the month of June in that financial year.

    (4)     The amount of any refund payable to an employer in respect of a financial year under this section or clause 15 of Schedule 2 is to be reduced by the amount of any other refund of payroll tax made in respect of that financial year to that employer (whether under this section or otherwise) before the time of the refund under this section.

Note

Clause 15 of Schedule 2 applies to group employers.