Latest ATO News and Alerts

1. Help us improve our website

   Complete this brief online activity to help us understand how you find information. This will help us build a new ATO website that better meets your needs.

2. Open consultation

   You can participate in our open consultation. We encourage you to have your say.

3. Open forums

   Open Forums provide an opportunity for you to have open, face-to-face discussions with us about matters affecting you, your clients and your practice.

4. Practitioner lodgment service

   The practitioner lodgment service (PLS) is the channel that allows you to lodge your clients' forms, reports and access services electronically.

5. Scam alerts

   Check for the latest tax-related scam alerts. Be wary of emails, phone calls and text message claiming to be from the ATO.

6. Avoid GST at settlement errors to ensure faster processing

   Common errors are delaying GST at settlement processing, avoid making these mistakes.

7. Making a tip-off

   We are interested in phoenix, tax evasion and black economy tip-offs you may have about members of the community who gain an unfair advantage by intentionally doing the wrong thing.

8. Tax Integrity Centre

   Report phoenix, tax evasion or black economy activity to the Tax Integrity Centre using the ATO tip-off form on our website or app, or by phoning our hotline on 1800 060 062.

9. Tax evasion reporting form

   Use this secure online form to report known or suspected phoenix, tax evasion or black economy activity.

10. Tax integrity centre - your privacy if you make a tip-off (online form)

    Tax integrity centre - your privacy if you report phoenix, tax evasion, or black economy activity privacy notice.

11. AUSkey closes in nine weeks

    AUSkey will no longer be available from late March. To continue using Online services for agents and your SBR-enabled software you will need to set up your myGovID.

12. GST Stewardship Group key messages 27 November 2019

    Information about the key topics discussed at the GST Stewardship Group meeting 27 November 2019.

13. GST at settlement processing delays

    GST at settlement refunds may be delayed if forms are lodged incorrectly. Find out how you and your clients can avoid these common errors when lodging GST at settlement forms.

14. Valuing car parking fringe benefits

    Your clients must check that valuations, required under the market value method, are reasonable despite engaging an arm's length valuer. From February we may contact your clients if they have had a valuation for their car parking fringe benefits.

15. ATO extends tax relief and assistance for people impacted by bushfires

    The Commissioner of Taxation has announced an extended package of tax assistance for people impacted by recent bushfires. Affected taxpayers now have until 28 May 2020 to lodge and pay. The ATO will fast track refunds that are due to affected taxpayers, and remit any interest and penalties applied to affected taxpayers' tax debts since the start of the bushfires.