Calculate Australian contractor withholding and net payment.
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What it does
Work out withholding and the net payment for a supplier who has not quoted an ABN, a voluntary agreement or labour hire, with the BAS labels and a reporting note.
Ask your AI
Calculate Australian contractor withholding and net payment. Ask me for any detail you need first, then show the result with its source and date, and list anything a person should check.
What comes back
The 47% no-ABN rule applies only after you confirm no exception applies, and worker status and labour hire are yours to decide.
Good to know
- The 47% no-ABN rule applies only after you confirm no exception applies, and worker status and labour hire are yours to decide.
- Voluntary agreements use 20% of the payment excluding GST, unless a lower instalment rate is supplied.
- The tax year defaults to the current one, and a service category you have not confirmed is reported as unknown for the taxable payments report.
For developers
| Tool ID | au_contractor_withholding |
|---|---|
| Server | Australia |
| Credit behaviour | 1 credit |
Input schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tax_year": {
"description": "Defaults to today's Australian financial year (Sydney time) when it is 2026-27; otherwise required.",
"type": "string",
"const": "2026-27"
},
"payment_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"no_abn",
"voluntary_agreement",
"labour_hire"
]
},
"gross_payment": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000000,
"description": "Invoice total before withholding for no_abn or voluntary_agreement. For labour_hire, enter gross pay for the selected pay period, excluding GST."
},
"abn_quoted": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"no_abn_exception_applies": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"voluntary_agreement_confirmed": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"payee_is_individual": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"gst_amount": {
"description": "Exact GST charged in the invoice; required for a voluntary agreement, including 0 when no GST is charged.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000000
},
"commissioners_instalment_rate_percent": {
"description": "Commissioner's instalment rate (CIR) shown in the payee's current ATO notice, as a percentage.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
},
"agreement_uses_cir_below_20_percent": {
"default": false,
"description": "Set true only if the written voluntary agreement says to use a known CIR below 20%.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"labour_hire_arrangement_confirmed": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"frequency": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"weekly",
"fortnightly",
"monthly"
]
},
"tax_free_threshold_claimed": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"tpar_service_category": {
"description": "Choose a service category only when confirmed; omitted means unknown and TPAR may still apply.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"building_construction",
"cleaning",
"courier_road_freight",
"information_technology",
"security_investigation_surveillance",
"none",
"unknown"
]
}
},
"required": [
"payment_type",
"gross_payment",
"agreement_uses_cir_below_20_percent"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Shared output schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"summary": {
"type": "string"
},
"data": {
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"executionId": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
},
"creditsCharged": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"credits_charged": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"credits_remaining": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
"credits_charged"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
"summary",
"data",
"creditsCharged"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"error": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
},
"retryable": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"message",
"retryable"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"usage": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"credits_charged": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"credits_remaining": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
"credits_charged"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"required": [
"error"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
]
}