Minimum Wage Before Tax?

[Macoola]

Hi I am a bit confused with my first payslip from my new job.

I am a casual diploma level 3 so my minimum wage should be $28.33 an hour. Which it is, as it states on my payslip anyway. But then I have been so heavily taxed that my wage is equivalent to $22 an hour. Every job I have had before this has never happened. I have had an identical job to this before, being a casual for a LDC and still got paid minimum wage AFTER tax. My last job I was paid $24 an hour. If I worked for 4 hours I got paid $96. And the same with every other job I have had. So is the $28.33 my minimum wage only before tax? Why have I been taxed so heavily? And if so why have I never experienced this with any other employer?

Sorry to go on it's just I loved my last job but had to leave because I couldn't survive on the hours/pay. To find out now that as a casual I may be payed less than previously is very frustrating.

Any responses or help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Macoola

[Lorina]

The minimum wage it states in the Award is before tax. I think you are getting heavily taxed because you are earning more per hour as a casual worker. A new withholding "tax" was introduced from July 01 so maybe that's why you are being affected. On the Aus tax website it states that if you're earning more than $1,540/per day the amount to be held is $639 plus 49 cents for every dollar over $1,540/.

Here is a table which you can use to help figure out our pay as well:

Tax Table For Casual Workers

Hope this helps,

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Lorina

[Macoola]

Thanks for your reply Lorina. I didn't realise how high I would be taxed now. I have been taxed higher than that Tax table states but that may include my super as well. The table was very helpful thanks.

Macoola

[Lorina]

Have you given them your Tax File Number? Because if you haven't or it's not on record you'll also be taxed more...

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Lorina

[Macoola]

That is a good point Lorina.

I have given it to them but they have been a bit slack with processing things as they only just put my WWCC into the system yesterday. I will check on that.

Thanks

Macoola