What GPs need to know about payroll tax

Originally recorded:

27 October 2022

This webinar will provide an update about the risks associate with payroll tax following recent decisions in New South Wales and Victoria.

The session will provide advice on what practice owners can do to mitigate their risks, covering key issues in determining whether GPs are employees or contractors. The webinar will also include case studies and provide advice on available supports and resources.

There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the presenters.

Learning outcomes

Discuss why payroll tax is an emerging issue for general practice
Identify areas of risk and action for practice owners and independent contractors
Identify reliable sources of accurate information on payroll tax to help attendees with their decision making

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This event is part of Improving the sustainability of your practice. Events in this series are:

Facilitator

Dr Emil Djakic
Chair – RACGP Business Sustainability Working Group

Emil is a practice owner in north-west Tasmania. He is Deputy Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee – Funding and Health System Reform (REC-FHSR) and Chair of the RACGP’s Business Sustainability Working Group. He was also Chair of the Australian General Practice Network until 2012. Emil is passionate about working with GPs to maintain practice viability.

Presenters

Dr Michael Wright
RACGP President

MBBS MSC PhD FRACGP GAICD Dr Michael Wright is a general practitioner, health economist and health services researcher based in Sydney, Australia. He commenced as RACGP President on 21 November 2024. Michael is also an Associate Professor at the International Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales. He combines clinical practice with strategic appointments and academic research analysing the effects of health policy on the quality and performance of primary care. Michael completed GP registrar training in Queensland and previously worked in London as a GP, where he completed his Masters in Public Health and was also a researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Michael completed his PhD in Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2019. His PhD investigated the impact of continuity of general practice care on health outcomes, and his research interest including growing the evidence base about the value of high-quality primary care, and health policy research into quality, efficiency and sustainability of heath services.

Paul Copeland
Business Advisory Director (Head of Health Services for William Buck Group)

Paul Copeland is a Chartered Accountant and Director at William Buck Accountants & Advisors in Queensland. With over 25 years’ experience working with clients in all industries, Paul has extensive knowledge in relation to the Medical and Dental industries, covering all areas of general and specialist practices, assisting them with their accounting, tax and business advisory requirements. Paul is a sought-after advisor and presenter, and William Buck QLD is arguably the most recognised and experienced firm in Queensland in the medical industry.

Belinda Hudson
Business Advisory Director, William Buck

Belinda has extensive knowledge in relation to the medical and allied health industries covering all areas of general and specialist practices. In addition, Belinda provides advice in tax planning, service trusts, income tax and wealth creation strategies for individual practitioners as well as their practices. Belinda is a regular presenter for a number of medical associations as well as authoring relevant articles for various journals.

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