Tag: Australian Taxation Office

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,...

Labor calls for gov’t tech review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On digital transformation in government, bipartisanship has left the building. The Federal Opposition is calling for an independent, arms-length review of the government digital transformation efforts and its growing...

Robo-debt is not a friendly robot

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Department of Human Services is an “agency in crisis” and its highly controversial robo-debt collection system has created a “climate of fear” in Australia, a Senate inquiry has...

ATO R&D advice is a bombshell

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Taxation Office’s just-published alert aimed at companies seeking R&D tax benefits for software development activity has landed among high-growth startups like a bombshell. The advice is confusing...