House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Payroll Tax Payroll Tax The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Payroll Tax 450 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (1 April 2021). How many companies have accessed payroll tax relief under the COVID-19 arrangements? (a)	How many companies have accessed payroll tax waivers with taxable payrolls under $4 million? (b)	How many companies have accessed payroll tax deferrals with taxable payrolls above $4 million? The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Premier Payroll Tax The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised: As at 30 April 2021: 5,602 businesses with wages (or group wages, for businesses that comprise a payroll tax group) of up to $4 million per annum have received a payroll tax waiver for the months of April 2020 to June 2021 (i.e. for the return periods of March 2020 to May 2021); and 1,998 businesses with wages (or group wages) over $4 million per annum that were adversely impacted by COVID-19 elected to defer some or all of their payroll tax payments for the March 2020 to November 2020 return periods (being the last period in which taxpayers were able to defer) initially until 14 January 2021. Taxpayers with a deferred balance as at 14 January 2021 are able to repay the deferred balance by way of instalments, with the final instalment due in June 2022.