JobKeeper payment – How to Enroll? (from 20 April 2020 onward)

You or a registered tax professional can enrol for the JobKeeper payment:

• Step 1 – Register your interest and subscribe for JobKeeper payment updates.
• Step 2 – Check you and your employees meet the eligibility requirements.
• Step 3 – Continue to pay at least $1,500 to each eligible employee per JobKeeper fortnight (the first JobKeeper fortnight is the period from 30 March to 12 April).
• Step 4 – Notify your eligible employees that you are intending to claim the JobKeeper payment on their behalf and check they aren’t claiming JobKeeper payment through another employer or have nominated through another business.
• Step 5 – Send the JobKeeper employee nomination notice to your nominated employees to complete and return to you by the end of April if you plan to claim JobKeeper payment for April. Keep it on file and provide a copy to your registered tax agent if you are using one.
• Step 6 – From 20 April 2020, you can enroll with us for the JobKeeper payment using the Business Portal and authenticate with myGovID. You must do this by the end of April 2020 to claim JobKeeper payments for April.
• Step 7 – In the online form, provide your bank details and indicate if you are claiming an entitlement based on business participation, for example if you are a sole trader.
• Step 8 – Specify the estimated number of employees who will be eligible for the first JobKeeper fortnight (30 March – 12 April) and the second JobKeeper fortnight (13 April – 26 April).

Contact us to register your interest in JobKeeper Payment.

CLICK HERE to access JobKeeper employee nomination notice.

You need to identify which employees you intend to claim the JobKeeper payment for and tell them you intend to claim the JobKeeper payment for them.

You need to provide these employees with the JobKeeper employee nomination notice and ask them to return it to you by the end of April if you want to claim JobKeeper payment for April.

If your employees have multiple employers, they can usually choose which employer they want to nominate through. However, if your employees are long-term casuals and have other permanent employment, they cannot nominate you. They cannot receive the JobKeeper payment from more than one employer.

Contact Expert Tax on 0449 952 855 or 1300 869 829 for further assistance.