Job Keeper Update – JobKeeper Extension 2
Your business may be eligible even if it was not eligible for JobKeeper or JobKeeper Extension 1
JobKeeper Extension 2 will run from 4 January 2021 to 28 March 2021
The compliance required to receive JobKeeper Extension 2 is to be submitted to the ATO by 31 January 2021
We will be in contact with you on this when we return to the office on 18 January 2021 or let us know by email if you think your business will be eligible.
4 January 2021 – the JobKeeper extension 2 starts and the payment rates change for your eligible employees, eligible religious practitioners and eligible business participants.
To claim JobKeeper payments for this period, you will need to show that your actual GST turnover has declined in the December 2020 quarter relative to a comparable period (generally the corresponding quarter in 2019).
New Payment Rates
Tier 1 – $1000 per fortnight
You are entitled to the tier 1 rate for your eligible employee, eligible business participant or eligible religious practitioner if they satisfy the 80-hour threshold.
Tier 2 – $650 per fortnight
If you are not entitled to the tier 1 rate, then you are entitled to the tier 2 rate of payment.
4 January 2021 – Eligible entities will be able to access and submit the decline in turnover form
For the JobKeeper fortnights 21 and 22 (starting 4 January 2021 and 18 January 2021), employers have until Sunday 31 January 2021 to meet the wage condition for their eligible employees.
28 January 2021 – business monthly declarations due for December JobKeeper fortnights.
New participants
If you are enrolling for the JobKeeper Payment for the first time, you will need to complete the following actions by the end of the month that you wish to claim for:
Enrol for the JobKeeper Payment.
Submit your decline in turnover form.
Identify your eligible employees or business participant.