Tag: Australian Taxation Office

Eleventh hour extension for ATO director IDs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Tax Office is giving company directors an extra two weeks to apply for its new compulsory director ID program, with around 700,000 yet to sign up ahead of...

Business register overhaul gets $166m Budget lifeline

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will top up the modernising business registers program with $166.2 million after accusing the Coalition of hiding a $1 billion cost blow-out during its time in...

Cyber hub pilot extended as govt considers long-term future

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Efforts to centralise federal government networks through a handful of cyber hubs in Canberra’s biggest agencies will continue until the New Year, after the pilot program was extended. The...

Tax office wants to be ‘fully digitalised’ by 2030

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A “fully digitalised” tax office remains eight years away, according to Tax commissioner Chris Jordan, who envisions a greater reliance on natural systems for sourcing real-time data. Mr Jordan...

Microsoft shareholders push for better tax transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Investors managing more than $506 billion in assets will push tech giant Microsoft to provide greater transparency of its tax practices around the world, including in Australia. Pensions &...

ServicesAus’ tech systems made robodebt worse

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government continued to recover money from welfare recipients despite admitting its robodebt scheme was “legally insufficient,” in part because its IT systems were not up to scratch,...

Accenture wins big via ATO during pandemic year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Accenture landed a series of prominent contracts with the Australian Taxation Office during 2020, with the Irish-headquartered consulting giant increasing its government work significantly last year. The federal government’s...