Award Transport Allowance

🎯 If you are unsure if this Pay Type applies to your circumstances, please refer to the Payee's Employment Contract or obtain advice from the Australian Taxation Office or Fair Work Ombudsman.

🎯 Rather than being reported as Transport (STP Phase 1), these payments are now reported under Allowance Type Code = AD per the Australian Taxation Office Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 guidance.

Award Transport Allowance applies when the Payee is entitled to an allowance for business use of their private vehicle, where there is evidence of traceability between the current Award/industrial instrument the Payee is employed under to a historical award/industrial instrument that was in force on 29 October 1986.

For example, under the Stevedoring Industry Award 2020 [MA000053], a Grade 7 Stevedoring Payee is entitled to a Vehicle Allowance of $77.98 per week.

Payments with this Pay Type use the $ (or % of Rate Per Hour) set within the Pay Type, and Leave Entitlements are not applicable. These payments are included in W1 (Total of Salary, Wages & other payments); however, they are not Taxable or OTE (SGAA).