7-Eleven dodging payroll tax in NSW, Opposition says citing documents

The NSW Government must immediately investigate the failure of 7-Eleven's 231 stores in the state to pay payroll tax, the state Opposition has said.

Labor's Daniel Mookhey said Freedom of Information documents revealed 7-Eleven and its franchisees had paid no payroll tax in NSW for at least the past three years.

Mr Mookhey said the money could have gone towards nurses and paramedics.

"The victim's of the NSW Government inaction are the honest businesses that do pay their taxes," he said.

The revelation comes in the wake of a scandal over 7-Eleven employees being underpaid by as much half the minimum wage.

The Labor Party asked why the Baird Government was not seeking the money it is owed.

In Victoria, the Office of State Revenue is investigating the company's payroll tax compliance.

Mr Mookhey said the NSW Government was relying on that investigation to collect money owed to it.

A spokesman for the NSW Government said the issue was more of an operational matter than a political one.