Outsource or Keep in House? Two Ways to Run Salary Packaging
Every organisation that offers salary packaging faces the same early decision: do you hand the whole thing to a specialist provider, or keep it in house and run it yourself? Both can work well. The right answer depends on your size, your team and how much control you want. Here is a clear comparison to help you choose from a partner that can support you either way. Option one: outsource to a specialist provider With the outsourced model, a specialist provider runs your salary packaging program for you. They handle the tax expertise, the compliance, the FBT reporting, the employee enquiries and the day-to-day administration. Your payroll team simply processes the agreed deductions, and the provider takes care of everything else behind the scenes. This suits organisations that want packaging off their plate entirely, that do not have the internal capacity to manage a compliant program, or that would rather their people focused on their core work. It is the lowest effort path ...