FBT & Salary Packaging for Payroll

Course overview

This comprehensive one-day course provides payroll professionals with the knowledge and confidence to manage salary packaging and Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) obligations effectively. You’ll gain a clear understanding of fringe benefit types, FBT calculations, and reporting requirements to ensure compliance and accuracy in payroll processing. 

 

Intended Audience 

This course is ideal for: 

  • Payroll professionals with more than 1 year of experience 
  • Senior payroll officers, team leaders, or payroll managers 
  • Bookkeepers and accountants who process or review terminations 
  • Business managers overseeing payroll teams 
  • System providers seeking to understand legislative impacts on termination payments 

About this Course 

Delivered in a virtual classroom, this highly engaging program combines expert instruction, hands-on practice, and real-world examples so you can apply what you learn immediately in your workplace. 

  • Class size: Maximum 20 participants 
  • CPD Hours: 7 hours 

Members should consider the relevance of the activity to their role. Attendees must remain logged in for the full duration of the course and be interactive to earn CPD hours. 

  • Resources: Course booklet provided 
  • Upon completion: Certificate issued 
  • Member discounts apply 

You will learn

What You Will Learn 

At the end of this course, learners will: 

  • Understand what constitutes a fringe benefit and identify the different types employers can offer, including: 
  • Motor vehicles 
  • Novated leases 
  • Car parking 
  • Loans and debt waivers 
  • Expense payments 
  • Housing 
  • Living Away From Home Allowances (LAFHA) 
  • Entertainment benefits 
  • Know what can be salary packaged within payroll systems 
  • Learn how to calculate Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) on benefits provided to employees 
  • Understand reporting obligations for fringe benefits on employees’ Income Statements 
  • Gain insight into Not-for-Profit Organisation salary packaging arrangements 
  • Understand how salary packaging impacts superannuation guarantee obligations 
  • Recognise the Payroll Tax implications of providing fringe benefits to employees 
  • Learn the dos and don’ts of salary packaging 

Our Trainers

Our trainers are Australia’s leading payroll experts with real world experience and a passion for helping others succeed. They bring clarity, confidence and practical insight to every session, turning complex payroll topics into learning that truly sticks.

Louise Missen

Like most payroll professionals, Louise fell into the payroll world many moons ago, almost by mistake. She now has over fifteen years’ experience in Australian payroll, working for a number of great Australian brands in different industries. With all this knowledge Louise now focuses on training and supporting our members and students to grow their payroll knowledge.

Away from the office, Louise can often be found spending time with family and friends. She lives by the quote ‘Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you’  by Misty Copeland.

Jacqueline Carceller

Jacqueline brings calm, capability, and a touch of creative flair to everything she does. By day, she’s known for her sharp attention to detail and payroll knowledge. By night, you’ll find her curled up with a good book, proving that quiet achievers often run the world.

Her dog, Calvin, self appointed CEO of the household,  keeps operations in check, while her macramé creations add a little handmade charm to her downtime. If there’s a gathering, Jacqueline’s legendary grazing boards could make even a MasterChef contestant weep with envy. She’s proof that precision and creativity can be the perfect match.

Maria Nikoletatos

Maria was APA’s very first employee, and to this day, she’s still the most entertaining. Known affectionately as our resident payroll nerd, Maria has an unmatched passion for getting payroll right. She’s the person who actually enjoys reading payroll legislation in her spare time (yes, really) and her reputation for razor sharp knowledge is legendary.

As one of APA’s most enthusiastic trainers and our living, breathing knowledge base, Maria is the go to for even the trickiest payroll questions. If she doesn’t know the answer… well, no one does.