Tag: Australian Taxation Office

ATO pays Deloitte almost $1m for GovERP follow-on plan

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Deloitte will be paid close to $1 million to devise a plan for the tax office’s enterprise resource planning overhaul as part of the federal government’s latest attempt to...

Automated systems still grounded at Services Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Services Australia still doesn’t have the legislative authority to re-commence the use of automated systems to support the processing of welfare claims 20 months since they were paused, according...

AI is scaling both opportunity and risk at the ATO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
AI technologies have helped the tax office raise hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue, but are also giving adversaries new tools to launch cyber attacks and turbocharge...

APS agencies run with Microsoft Copilot after trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
An APS-wide trial of Microsoft Copilot might have wrapped up but it has not stopped federal government agencies from continuing to pay a premium to use the generative AI...

Defence to wear new APS contractor cuts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department will need to find more than $270 million in savings over the next four years as part of the Albanese government’s extended purge of contractors and...

ASIC sets sights on business ‘data spine’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s corporate watchdog has shed light on ongoing efforts to investigate a ‘data spine’ of business and company data, one of the core benefits of the registry overhaul scrapped...

First director faces court over ATO ID scheme breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s corporate watchdog has launched first-of-its-kind legal action against an unnamed company director for allegedly failing to sign up to the federal government’s compulsory director ID program. The director,...

RDTI claims growing, expected to cost extra $2.1bn by 2027

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Research and Development Tax Incentive is expected to cost an additional $2.1 billion over the next four years in part due to growing artificial intelligence claims, according to...

After Robodebt: Govt pledges new regime for automated decisions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Automated decision-making will come under greater scrutiny in the wake of Robodebt, with the federal government pledging to new oversight arrangements for automation in service delivery while it contemplates...