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Salary packaging What is salary packaging?
Salary packaging is an Australian Taxation Office approved way of paying for a range of everyday items using your pre-tax income. Participation in a salary packaging arrangement is voluntary.
All ongoing and non-ongoing employees with an initial contract of at least three months will have access to salary packaging arrangements. The employee will meet the costs of any salary packaging arrangement, any fringe benefits tax and administrated costs incurred by the NDIA. Labour Hire Workers are not eligible to participate.
Salary packaging is an agreement between the individual and our salary packaging provider Smartsalary. NDIA is not involved in individual agreements and cannot provide advice on these matters.If you have questions regarding salary packaging, please contact Smartsalary. We recommend seeking independent financial advice prior to entering any packaging arrangement.
For ongoing and non-ongoing employees or employees on probation it is important to note that you will be responsible for repayments to Smartsalary should your employment end prior to the term of the salary packaging arrangement.
Benefits Our salary packaging benefits have recently expanded, and eligible employees can salary package the following:
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superannuation
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a novated lease of an approved motor vehicle © E-Bike
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income protection insurance
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airline lounge membership
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education and work development expenses
¢ financial and taxation advice fees
- work related expenses for newspapers, magazines, subscriptions, and memberships.
Contact NDIA Salary Packaging Provider - Smartsalary
Smartsalary is the NDIA provider for salary packaging. You can visit their website at smartsalary.com.au, to research and access their available benefits, use their salary packaging calculator, or start your application.
They can be contacted directly via email or telephone. The Customer Service Centre is available Monday — Friday (8:30am to 7:00pm AEDT).
Phone: 1300 476 278 (1300 4 SMART) Email: customersupport@smartsalary.com.au
Smartsalary will liaise directly with Payroll Services if a salary packaging agreement is made to commence your deductions. Your Salary Packaging Benefits Explained
Smartsalary will be offering five free webinars for interested employees where you can find out more about the benefits now available.
To join a session, click the session link below you’d like to attend. Captioning will be provided for all sessions and Auslan sessions are also available
24 March 2025 at 12:00pm (AEDT) - Auslan session 25 March 2025 at 1:00pm (AEDT)
26 March 2025 at 3:00pm (AEDT)
31 March 2025 at 3:00 pm (AEDT)
1 April 2025 at 10:30am (AEDT) - Auslan session
If you have questions about salary packaging or the upcoming webinars, please contact Smart Salary on 1300 476 278 (1300 4 SMART) or email customersupport@smartsalary.com.au
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