Planning guide

Redundancy Pay Calculator Australia

Plan an Australian redundancy payout by checking notice pay, leave, tax-free parts and the details payroll will need to get right.

Redundancy payout estimator

Estimate redundancy pay without mixing up the parts.

A real redundancy payout can include genuine redundancy pay, notice pay, unused leave and tax-free components. This page helps you separate them before you trust the final number.

Estimate what might be tax free

Separate notice pay from redundancy

Check whether leave should be split out

Prepare better questions for payroll

Use this page as a planning guide, not a final legal or payroll answer.

Best next steps

Read: redundancy pay after taxUnderstand tax-free parts, notice pay and what to ask payroll before you accept the figure.Check leave payout separatelyUnused leave often needs its own treatment, and it can distort the redundancy estimate if it is bundled in.Check tax withheld vs final taxUse the tax back calculator if you want to pressure-test whether a big payout may lead to a refund or bill later.

What can be inside a redundancy package

Notice pay

Often treated differently from a genuine redundancy component, so it should be separated before estimating take-home pay.

Unused leave

Annual leave and long service leave can have their own treatment and should not be bundled in blindly.

Tax-free redundancy component

Some genuine redundancy amounts may receive concessional treatment, but that does not apply to every part of the package.

Questions to ask payroll or HR

What is the exact payment breakdown?

Which amount is ordinary salary or notice?

Which amount is unused leave?

Is any part treated as genuine redundancy?

What withholding method will be used?

When will each amount be paid?

Simple example

If your employer says “your payout is $35,000”, stop and split it first.

Ask how much is genuine redundancy, how much is notice pay, and how much is unused leave. Those parts can be taxed differently, so the after-tax result can feel very different from the headline number.

How to use this page

Redundancy pay can include several moving parts, and the safest first step is getting the package breakdown clear before trusting any after-tax number.

Use the guide and linked pay tools to separate ordinary income from the parts of the package that need special treatment.

This page is careful on purpose. We only show broad planning help here until the more detailed rules are fully supported.

What this estimate includes

Australian financial-year tax brackets

Standard Medicare levy assumption

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Employer super shown separately

Annual, monthly, fortnightly and weekly views

Plain-English assumptions and trace

Frequently asked questions

Does this calculate genuine redundancy tax-free limits?

No. Those rules are not implemented in the first release.

Why is this page conservative?

Termination pay is sensitive, so unsupported calculations are intentionally avoided.