Toby

Accuracy

Worked examples Toby reproduces

The ATO and the state revenue offices publish worked examples. Toby is tested against them on every change to its calculation software. This page lists each one, the schedule it relies on, and who attested that schedule and when.

State revenue offices

6 of 6 worked examples reproduced

Payroll tax worked examples printed by Revenue NSW, SRO Victoria and the Queensland Revenue Office. Toby must reproduce each printed figure from the attested schedule.

Worked examplePublisherScheduleAttestedResult
NSW wages for a full year: threshold and wages above it Revenue NSW Payroll tax 2025-26, NSW Compliance Lead, Reproduced
NSW wages for part of a year (184 days): pro-rated threshold Revenue NSW Payroll tax 2025-26, NSW Compliance Lead, Reproduced
NSW wages alongside Queensland and Victorian wages: apportioned threshold Revenue NSW Payroll tax 2025-26, NSW Compliance Lead, Reproduced
Victorian wages for a full year: threshold after the phase-out SRO Victoria Payroll tax 2024-25, VIC Compliance Lead, Reproduced
Victorian and interstate wages for part of a year (335 days): apportioned threshold SRO Victoria Payroll tax 2024-25, VIC Compliance Lead, Reproduced
Queensland group with interstate wages: mental health levy Queensland Revenue Office Payroll tax 2025-26, QLD Compliance Lead, Reproduced

ATO

11 of 11 worked examples reproduced

Worked examples in two ATO publications on trusts. Each is a classification rather than a figure, so no schedule applies: Toby must reach the conclusion the ATO states. The rules behind them are awaiting sign-off by a trust lawyer, and Toby does not present these results as a compliance position until that sign-off is recorded.

Worked examplePublisherScheduleAttestedResult
TD 2022/11, Examples 1 to 6: when an unpaid trust entitlement is a Division 7A loan ATO None: a classification Not yet attested: awaiting trust lawyer sign-off Reproduced
PCG 2022/2, Examples 1, 4, 5, 14 and 18: section 100A risk zones ATO None: a classification Not yet attested: awaiting trust lawyer sign-off Reproduced

How the test works

A state revenue office example is held word for word as the publisher printed it; an ATO example is set up from the facts the ATO states. An automatic test gives Toby the same inputs and compares Toby's answer with the publisher's. A change that breaks an example cannot be merged.

A schedule holds the rates, thresholds and dates for one tax and one year, with the source each comes from. A person, acting as our Compliance Lead, checks the schedule against that source and attests it. The date shown is when the version Toby uses today was attested. The Security page explains how schedules and attestation work, and How it works covers the method.

This list grows as examples are added. It is updated by pull request, so each change is reviewed and dated.