I just came over on a 457 visa.

My salary package is $98,500 including super.

I am told that my net take home pay after would be around $1200 per week. That seems very low.

I am looking at a pay break down sheet and there is management fee deducted, annual leave deducted, personal leave deducted, super deducted, LAFHA deducted, tax and Medicare deducted and so on.

I pay my own health insurance so I don't know why they are deducting that.

Could someone please explain this to me?

At the end of the year can I take other deductions on my taxes and get money back?

Hi there,

First of all where did you come from ??

Without knowing the details of your salary structure its impossible to give you a definitive opinion.

One thing I can say is that everyone pays Medicare irrespective of whether they have private medical insurance or not - even citizens !

Dont quite understand why they deduct annual leave and personal leave - what kind of work do you do ? Do you get a salary or are you paid on a daily or hourly rate ?

Feel free to PM me if you want to !

Thanks Colin. I will pm you.