Callsheet Rates · Compliance
Compliance, cited.
Three working tools for the questions that bite at audit: workers' compensation classification by state, payroll tax apportionment across a multi-state shoot, and the ABN/TFN/foreign- resident decision your bookkeeper actually has to live with. Every figure traces to its primary source — icare, WorkSafe, the state revenue offices, the ATO. No invented numbers.
Workers' compensation lookup
Pick your shoot state. Get the FY25-26 class rate, the right code (Performer vs Motion Picture), and an annual cost estimate at three wage levels — all cited to the state's published rating order.
Common mistake this prevents
Producer assumes their NSW Motion Picture policy covers a one-off Sydney shoot with talent booked direct through an agent. icare actually classifies that under WIC 924200 (Creative Arts) — different code, different rate, audit risk if not declared.
- icare NSW
- WorkSafe VIC
- WorkCover QLD
- RTWSA
- WorkCover WA
Payroll tax tracker
Enter group annual wages YTD per state, plus this project's wages. Tool computes which thresholds you're crossing, applies the harmonised nexus test (PTA001), and estimates per-state liability with surcharge flags.
Common mistake this prevents
Producer pays VIC talent through a Sydney production accountant and assumes the wages are NSW. Payroll Tax Act 2007 s11 says wages are taxable where the work is performed — Victoria gets the tax, and the producer just under-declared in two states at once.
- Revenue NSW
- SRO VIC
- QRO QLD
- RevenueSA
- ACT Revenue
ABN / TFN flow
Decision tree: ABN, no ABN, or foreign resident. Get the right withholding rate, the right ATO form, and a citation back to the section of the TAA that imposes the obligation.
Common mistake this prevents
Performer invoices without an ABN for a $1,200 fee. Producer pays the full amount. ATO assesses 47% no-ABN withholding ($564) against the producer at audit because no Statement by Supplier was on file. Avoidable in 60 seconds.
- ATO TAA Schedule 1
- ATO Subdiv 12-FB
- ATO Statement by Supplier
- PAYG Schedule 3
Why a separate compliance hub
The /rates calculators stop at the talent fee. The producer's actual exposure starts there: a wrongly-classified workers' comp policy, a wages-in-the-wrong-state payroll tax declaration, or a 47% no-ABN withholding miss are each worth more than the fee they sit on top of. The compliance hub turns each of those three blast radii into a five-minute lookup.
Every figure here is sourced and dated. Where the regulator hasn't published (Tasmania's 2025-26 gazette is Cloudflare-blocked, NT is private underwriting), the tool says so out loud and points to the next step. There is no synthesised number masquerading as authority.