2026-27 · NAT 1006

Fortnightly Tax Table 2026-27

How much your employer withholds from fortnightly pay, for every earnings step from $400 to $8,000 and every withholding scale. Computed from the ATO Schedule 1 formulas (NAT 1004, published 17 June 2026), not retyped from a PDF.

Scales 1 to 673 earnings rowsPrintableApplies from 1 July 2026

Compiled by Marcus Kelleher, Editor, pay and tax content. Generated from the published Schedule 1 formulas and checked against the ATO withholding sample data. Last verified 29 July 2026.

Disclaimer: This calculator provides general estimates, not personal tax or financial advice. Figures use published ATO rates for 2026-27 and may not match your exact situation, offsets or deductions. Do not act on these results alone. For official guidance, visit the ATO, or speak to a registered tax agent.

On fortnightly earnings of $2,400 with the tax-free threshold claimed, your employer withholds $404 a fortnight for 2026-27. On $3,000 it is $598, and on $3,800 it is $854. Study loan repayments are withheld on top.
The table

Fortnightly Withholding Amounts, 2026-27

Find your gross fortnightly earnings in the first column, then read across to the scale matching your TFN declaration. Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, as the ATO requires.

  • Scale 1tax-free threshold not claimed
  • Scale 2tax-free threshold claimed
  • Scale 3foreign residents
  • Scale 5full Medicare levy exemption
  • Scale 6half Medicare levy exemption
  • Scale 4no TFN provided: 47% resident, 45% foreign resident
ATO fortnightly withholding, 2026-27, computed from Schedule 1 (NAT 1004)
Fortnightly earningsScale 1Scale 2Scale 3Scale 5Scale 6
$400$62$0$120$0$0
$450$72$0$134$0$0
$500$82$0$150$0$0
$550$92$0$164$0$0
$600$104$0$180$0$0
$650$114$0$194$0$0
$700$124$0$210$0$0
$750$134$4$224$4$4
$800$144$12$240$12$12
$850$152$20$254$20$20
$900$162$26$270$26$26
$950$170$34$284$34$34
$1,000$180$42$300$42$42
$1,050$192$50$314$50$50
$1,100$208$60$330$56$56
$1,150$224$72$344$64$64
$1,200$240$84$360$72$72
$1,250$256$96$374$80$80
$1,300$272$110$390$86$86
$1,350$288$122$404$94$94
$1,400$304$130$420$102$102
$1,450$320$138$434$110$110
$1,500$336$148$450$118$118
$1,550$352$156$464$126$126
$1,600$368$166$480$134$134
$1,650$384$174$494$140$140
$1,700$400$182$510$148$148
$1,750$418$194$524$160$160
$1,800$434$212$540$176$176
$1,850$450$228$554$190$192
$1,900$466$244$570$206$210
$1,950$482$260$584$220$228
$2,000$498$276$600$236$244
$2,100$530$308$630$266$280
$2,200$562$340$660$296$316
$2,300$594$372$690$326$350
$2,400$626$404$720$356$380
$2,500$658$438$750$386$412
$2,600$690$470$780$418$444
$2,700$722$502$810$448$474
$2,800$754$534$840$478$506
$2,900$786$566$870$508$536
$3,000$818$598$900$538$568
$3,100$850$630$930$568$598
$3,200$882$662$960$598$630
$3,300$914$694$990$628$660
$3,400$946$726$1,020$658$692
$3,500$978$758$1,050$688$722
$3,600$1,010$790$1,080$718$754
$3,700$1,042$822$1,110$748$784
$3,800$1,074$854$1,140$778$816
$3,900$1,106$886$1,170$808$846
$4,000$1,138$918$1,200$838$878
$4,200$1,202$982$1,260$898$940
$4,400$1,266$1,046$1,320$958$1,002
$4,600$1,338$1,110$1,380$1,018$1,064
$4,800$1,416$1,174$1,440$1,078$1,126
$5,000$1,494$1,238$1,500$1,138$1,188
$5,200$1,572$1,302$1,562$1,198$1,250
$5,400$1,650$1,380$1,636$1,272$1,326
$5,600$1,728$1,458$1,710$1,346$1,402
$5,800$1,806$1,536$1,784$1,420$1,478
$6,000$1,884$1,614$1,858$1,494$1,554
$6,200$1,962$1,692$1,932$1,568$1,630
$6,400$2,040$1,770$2,006$1,642$1,706
$6,600$2,118$1,848$2,080$1,716$1,782
$6,800$2,210$1,926$2,154$1,790$1,858
$7,000$2,304$2,004$2,228$1,864$1,934
$7,200$2,398$2,082$2,302$1,938$2,010
$7,400$2,492$2,168$2,382$2,020$2,094
$7,600$2,586$2,262$2,472$2,110$2,186
$7,800$2,680$2,356$2,562$2,200$2,278
$8,000$2,774$2,450$2,652$2,290$2,370

Each row is computed by the ATO method rather than interpolated: the fortnightly earnings are halved, the whole dollars plus 99 cents are put through the weekly formula, and the result is doubled and rounded.

Australia’s default cycle

Why Fortnightly Is the Table Most Australians Need

Fortnightly is the dominant pay cycle in Australia, and the schedule treats it as the cleanest conversion it has: halve the earnings, run the weekly formula, double the rounded result. Because the rounding happens once, a fortnightly amount is exactly twice the weekly amount on half the earnings, and it is always an even number of dollars.

The thing that does catch people out is the 27-pay year. The table is built for 26 pays, so a financial year containing 27 leaves a shortfall that only surfaces at assessment, and the extra withholding that covers it has to be requested.

If you are paid weekly instead, use the weekly tax table. For the underlying equations and the scale 1 to scale 6 coefficients, see the PAYG withholding tax tables hub. To work out take-home pay rather than the amount withheld, use the fortnightly pay calculator.

No TFN

What Happens Without a Tax File Number

None of the columns above apply if your employer does not hold your TFN. Scale 4 applies instead: a flat 47% for a resident payee and 45% for a foreign resident payee, with cents ignored. On $3,000 a fortnight that is $1,410 withheld rather than $598 under scale 2, a difference of $812 every fortnight. A completed TFN declaration moves you back to scale 1 or scale 2.

Questions

Fortnightly Tax Table FAQ

With the tax-free threshold claimed (scale 2), your employer withholds $404 from fortnightly earnings of $2,400 for 2026-27. Without the tax-free threshold claimed (scale 1) the same $2,400 has $626 withheld. Both figures come from the ATO Schedule 1 (NAT 1004) formulas the fortnightly tax table is derived from, and neither includes a study loan repayment, which is withheld separately under Schedule 8.
NAT 1006 is the ATO product number for the fortnightly tax table. It is the printed lookup version of Schedule 1 (NAT 1004), the statement of formulas that payroll software implements. Both were published on 17 June 2026 and apply to payments made from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. The table on this page is generated from the NAT 1004 formulas rather than transcribed from the printed table.
Yes, exactly. The ATO method is to halve the fortnightly earnings, apply the weekly formula to that figure, then double the result. Because the rounding happens once, at the weekly step, doubling is exact rather than approximate: $3,000 a fortnight gives $598, which is precisely twice the $299 withheld on $1,500 a week. One consequence is that a fortnightly withholding amount is always an even number of dollars.
Most financial years contain 26 fortnightly pay days, and the tax table assumes 26. In a year that runs to 27, slightly too little is withheld across the year and you can face a bill at assessment. The ATO publishes optional extra amounts to cover it: an employee earning between $1,700 and $5,199 a fortnight can ask their employer to withhold an extra $12 a fortnight, rising to $48 above $7,250. The employer will not apply it unless you ask.
Scale 2 covers most employees: an Australian resident who claimed the tax-free threshold on their TFN declaration. Scale 1 is a resident who did not claim it, which is the normal setting for a second job. Scale 3 is a foreign resident. Scales 5 and 6 cover a full or half Medicare levy exemption. With no TFN provided, scale 4 applies and 47% is withheld for a resident payee.
Yes. The page is laid out for printing: use your browser print command and choose "Save as PDF" as the destination. Navigation, banners and the footer are removed from the printed output, leaving the withholding table and the scale legend.