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Payroll compliance changes from 1 April 2024

ACC rates and thresholds

MYOB Business will automatically apply these ACC changes in your first pay where the Date of payment is 1 April 2024 or later – so there's nothing you need to do.

If you have employees on the STC or STC SL tax codes with a custom ACC earner levy rate, it'll be automatically updated to 1.6%.

2023-24 tax year value

2024-25 tax year value

ACC earner levy rate

1.53%

1.6%

ACC income maximum

$139,384.00

$142,283.00

Maximum ACC earner levy

$2,132.57

$2,276.52

Student loan threshold

MYOB Business will automatically apply the new threshold in your first pay where the Date of payment is 1 April 2024 or later – so there's nothing you need to do.

Frequency

2023-24 tax year value

2024-25 tax year value

Annual threshold

$22,828

$24,128

Monthly pay period (threshold divided by 12)

$1,902.33

$2,010.67

Fortnightly pay period (threshold divided by 26)

$878

$928

Weekly pay period (threshold divided by 52)

$439

$464

Minimum wage

If you pay an employee the minimum wage, you'll need to update their pay rate before their first pay from 1 April 2024. To learn more about the minimum wage increase, visit the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment and business.govt.nz

2023-24 tax year minimum hourly rate

2024-25 tax year minimum hourly rate

Adults

$22.70

$23.15

Training and start-out

$18.16

$18.52