Tag: Australian Taxation Office

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...

Aust tech giants push for R&D tax ‘workshop’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Some of Australia’s largest tech companies have written to the tax office requesting a “collaborative workshop” to improve how software claims are dealt with under the research and development...

Deloitte paid $1.5m to run ATO social platforms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay consulting giant Deloitte more than $1.5 million for its off-the-shelf online forum platform and social media management tools for use by the tax office....

ATO JobKeeper and RDTI plan ‘absurd’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The plan to block any research and development tax incentive claims on JobKeeper payments has been labelled “absurd” and damaging to tech companies at the “worst possible time”, with...

ATO confirms R&D tax claw-back plan

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than a quarter of companies claiming the research and development tax incentive this quarter may have some of their offset clawed back if the government pushes ahead with...

Digital ID delays as awareness campaign looms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s plan to integrate its $200 million digital identity with the myGov service platform has been delayed, even as the Digital Transformation Agency prepares an awareness campaign for...

Angel tax data revealed by ATO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than 300 early-stage startups shared in about $300 million in investments from angel investors in what the government says underscores the effectiveness of its angel investor tax incentives....

No end for ATO tech nightmare

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Yet another IT failure at the Australian Taxation Office has given the Opposition more ammunition to attack the government’s much-maligned history of digital transformation. During peak tax return time,...