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Relevant contracts

What is a relevant contract?

A relevant contract is a contract under which:

  • a business is supplied with services

  • goods are supplied to natural persons for the re-supply of those goods to the business in a modified form.

Under a relevant contract:

  • all the payments under the contract (except GST and materials) are deemed to be wages

  • the person in receipt of deemed wages is taken to be an employee

  • the persons (usually a corporation) paying those wages are taken to be an employer.

Last updated: 10-Jun-2011
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