The ATO have released an update to their JobKeeper key dates, which has revealed that employers who are enrolling for JobKeeper payments for the first time after May, can now enrol their business and identify their eligible employees and business participant by the end of the month they are claiming for.
As an example, businesses who are enrolling for JobKeeper for the first time in June, will now be able to complete Step 1 and 2 by the end of June, instead of the first JobKeeper fortnight that they were claiming for.
Employers, however, will still need to pay their employees the stipulated $1,500 for each fortnight being claimed.
The monthly business declaration- Step 3- will need to be completed within 14 days of the end of the previous month to receive reimbursements for the JobKeeper payments made in that previous month.