What is a PAYG Payment Summary?
If you have received payments from your employer during the year, you should receive a pay as you go (PAYG) payment summary from your payer (employer). This should be received within 14 days from 1 July each year. The payment summary will show the total payments you received and total amounts withheld for the financial year. Payments may include income earned from part-time or casual work.
Examples of payments received include:
- salary
- wages
- commissions
- bonuses.
The PAYG payment summary will include all of the following:
- your gross income from that payer
- total tax withheld
- your payer’s Australian business number (ABN) or withholding payer number (WPN).
You need the information on your PAYG payment summary to complete your tax return.
What do you do if you have you lost your PAYG Payment Summaries from your previous employment?
Contact your payer and ask your payer to give you a signed copy of your payment summary.
We can get access to your payment summaries dating back to 1996.


I have yet too recive apayment summary from and employer whom has now closed it doors. This bussines name was Hot Shot Express located in Maddington Peth, 6110.
Hi my Name is Ashleigh Nunns and i am from New Zealand and can not get hold of my old employer to get a PAYG or group certificate…
how can i do a tax return without one?
thanks
Ashleigh
Previous employer at cafe is refusing to submit group certificate for 2011.
By law your previous employer must submit your group certificate by 14 August 2011.
im amyet to receive my group certificate from my previous enployer & after many request still has not been ent… I also took out super & PAID A HIGH TAX RATE which is also not sent…
i dont have group certificates for the past four years . can you help me please
paul bryant
0420 745 009
how long will it take to get a group cert sent to you if you have to aply to the taxation office for it ?
It can take between two weeks and a month to get copies of your PAYG group certificates.