We believe that we offer a unique service, due in part to our fully flexible packaging solutions and flat fee structure, but mostly because of our hands on approach to facilitating this service into your organization, and service to your employees.

Salary Options is a joint venture between the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association and Stewarts Accountants. This service was built around the requirements of the Health Sector, which were identified on a Salary Packaging survey conducted by VHIA.

As this service has been built around the reported requirements, we feel confident that we can offer the best service available.

It is important to ensure that you provide your employees with adequate education/information regarding their entitlements as your employee.

There are also benefits for you as the employer such as….

Incorporating salary packaging into your recruitment process increases your potential to attract and employ staff.

Ensuring that existing employees have access to their maximum financial benefit is a proactive approach by management, appreciated by staff therefore an aids to retention.

As these additional funds are often spent locally, there is a benefit to the wider community as a result of salary packaging.

As a non profit association, all funds received by VHIA are used to source, establish and develop further services for the Health Sector. Two of our latest highly successful ventures are:

· Health Legal

The establishment of this specialist legal firm which provides the full range of legal services required within the Health sector, available at discounted rates for VHIA members.

· Accelerated Advanced Diploma of Management & Diploma of Business   (Frontline Management)

A joint venture between VHIA and the Gordon Institute, we offer these nationally recognized diploma courses both on your premises (if sufficient numbers) or at the premises of VHIA (St Kilda Road Melbourne). The Advanced Diploma bridges directly to the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) which we will also be offering.

Although our service includes all of the usual payment options such as mortgage and loan repayments, we take a proactive approach in educating staff and show them how they can access their packaged amounts as CASH reimbursements, helping them to feel more confident about packaging.

In addition, we offer a Salary Packaging Card (VISA/Debit card) ensuring that all eligible employees have access to salary packaging.

Salary packaging benefits can be increased further by taking advantage of exempt items such as the purchase of Laptops and other exempt items such as Meals Entertainment. Meals Entertainment can be offered via two methods, receipt reimbursement and the Meals Entertainment Card (VISA/Debit Card).

We also offer clear concise reporting to both you and your employees, including a GST report that employers can use to claim GST credits.

Another special feature of our service is that we only process the funds that are received by you, therefore eliminating the possibility of overpayment when employee circumstances change, or upon termination of employment.

Further, we take steps to ensure that your employees are protected from any future FBT liability by ensuring that the evidence that they provide to us is compliant to ATO requirements.

We offer two fee systems:

1. Fee per fortnight per employee. This rate includes a 10% rebate to the employer on a bi-annual basis.

2. Flat fee per fortnight per employee flat fee*.

For futher information call Sandra Clancy on 0424 279 818 or email sandra@salaryoptions.com.au

Please also check www.salaryoptions.com.au for additional information.