Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions published Estimates Replies Critical Skills Investment Program CRITICAL SKILLS INVESTMENT PROGRAM In reply to Mr PISONI House of Assembly Unley CRITICAL SKILLS INVESTMENT PROGRAM In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (26 June 2012). The Hon. T.R. KENYON House of Assembly Newland Minister for Employment Minister for Science and Information Economy Minister for Recreation and Sport CRITICAL SKILLS INVESTMENT PROGRAM The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport): The payroll tax exemption for wages paid to apprentices and trainees was in place for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2012. Information obtained from RevenueSA suggests that in 2010-11 approximately 1,750 registered taxpayers' recorded trainee and apprentice wages in their annual payroll tax reconciliations. Information about the 2011-12 year will not be available until after the completion of the annual reconciliation process towards late 2012.