More bulk-billed primary healthcare consultations are on their way for families in Melton and Moorabool.
Following extensive consultation with the primary care sector and work to align settings across the country, all Victorian general practice businesses will receive an exemption from any outstanding or future assessment issued for payroll tax on payments to contractor GPs for the period up to June 30.
A further 12-month exemption from payroll tax for payments to contractor GPs, through to June 30, 2025, will be available for any general practice business that has not already received advice and begun paying payroll tax on payments to their contractor GPs on this basis.
This exemption will be provided through the Treasurer’s existing ‘ex gratia’ powers.
Treasurer Tim Pallas said “we’ve worked closely with the primary care sector on how we can best support them – and we’re making these long-term changes to provide certainty to general practice businesses and support more bulk-billing for Victorians.”
To help GPs provide more bulk-billed consultations, the state Government will provide an exemption from payroll tax for payments to contractor GPs and to employee GPs for providing bulk-billed consultations from July 1, 2025.
While there had been no change to payroll tax obligations for medical businesses, the Government has been engaging with the primary care sector for over a year about the pressures on GPs and the need for certainty – these changes will support GPs and the important work they do looking after Victorians.
