This benefit enables you to use pre-tax income to pay for restaurant meals, or the cost of catering a get-together at home.

As a NSW Health employee you can salary package up to $2,650 worth of Meal Entertainment expenses each year including:

• Restaurant or cafe meals eaten with your friends or family.
• Professional catering costs for private functions (e.g. weddings or 21st birthdays)
• Home catering expenses including the purchase of food and drink for a self catered party or holiday celebration.
• Food and drink you consume on holiday (including overseas).

If you have permanently relocated for the purpose of your employment, you may be able to salary package the relocation costs including:

• Removal, temporary storage, shipping, and insurance of your household items during the relocation process.
• Transport costs including airfares, meals, and accommodation for you and your family that relate directly to the relocation.
• Temporary accommodation at the new or old work location.
• Utility connection costs at the new location.
• Cost of selling your old residence and purchasing the new residence including: stamp duty, legal fees, and agent commission.

Interested in this benefit? Simply fill in the form, and a consultant will contact you: Relocation Benefit Form

The Remote Area Housing Benefit (RAHB) is available to employees who reside and work in remote areas of Australia, enabling them to salary package some of their housing expenses.

To qualify for this benefit, you must meet the criteria of remote area housing as defined by the ATO. View ATO - Remote Area Definition

The benefit has a potential salary packaging value of up to $18,018 per FBT year, of which the first $9,009 must be claimed as your General Living expenses capped annual benefit.

Claimable expenses include:

• Rental Payments for your remote area residence.
• Mortgage Interest Payments for your remote area residence.
• House Purchase Costs when you acquire land or a house in a remote area and where the property becomes your place of residence.
• Residential Fuel Costs including gas, electricity and firewood.

Interested in this benefit? Simply fill in the form, and a consultant will contact you: Remote Area Housing Benefit Form

Novated leasing allows you to salary package the cost of owning and operating your motor vehicle and has several benefits over traditional forms of vehicle financing including:

• You pay less for the vehicle —there’s no GST payable on the purchase price or running costs
• You can receive fleet discounts on the purchase price and servicing costs
• Convenience —one all-inclusive payment covers your finance, registration, insurance, fuel, servicing and tyre costs.
• Significant income tax savings
• A novated lease can be taken in addition to your other salary packaging.

To discuss your novated leasing options contact one of the NSW Health approved leasing companies directly:

• LeasePLUS - 1300 13 13 16
• Maxxia - 1300 12 31 23
• Smart Leasing - 1300 14 48 73

Thanks to the government’s new Electric Vehicle Discount Bill there are additional savings to be enjoyed if you make your next car electric under a novated lease. For further information on electric vehicles speak to the approved leasing companies.