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• Aussie tech companies take tax report to task

  Dicker Data is among the local technology companies that have moved to clarify their tax stance after the ATO released its latest tax transparency report.

• ​The tech companies that paid zero tax in Australia last year

  Several big multinational technology companies paid no tax in Australia during the 2014-15 financial year, the Australian Tax Office’s annual corporate tax transparency report has revealed.

• ATO kills e-tax, expands myTax

  The Australian Tax Office has retired its online lodgement tool e-tax and replaced it with myTax.

• ​ATO gets ready for digital by default

  The Australian Taxation Office on Monday asked for community consultation on a ‘digital by default’ initiative aimed at improving the way taxpayers interact with the organisation.
  

• ATO renews voice and data contract with Optus

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has chosen to extend its managed services contract with Optus Business until June 2018.
  

• ATO to save $4M in IT contractor overhaul

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is building a new IT contractor panel designed to slash red tape and save the agency up to $4 million annually by improving processes and cutting supplier costs.
  

• Spamhaus hit by biggest-ever DDoS attacks

  Anti-spam service Spamhaus has been hit with what several security firms today described as the largest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks ever seen.

• Bean counting a risky exercise for accountants: ATO

  Few would peg bean counting as an occupation with serious health risks, but the Australian Tax Office (ATO) is convinced its staff are under threat from too much time with their calculators and desk chairs.

• Hyro settles ATO debt

  Hyro Limited (ASX:HYO) has settled the last of its historical debts with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

• Hyro plots $4m rights issue

  Digital services provider Hyro (ASX:HYO) aims to raise $4m in a rights issue, to help eliminate the debts which caused it to swing to an FY10 loss

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• Stuxnet could have caused "new Chernobyl," Russian ambassador says

  The Stuxnet worm attack known to have struck computers at the Russian-built Iranian Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran has serious implications and could have caused "another Chernobyl," a Russian ambassador is said to have advised NATO yesterday, according to a Reuters report.

• Tax Office releases AUSkey for Linux

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has made good on its promise to support Linux in its next-generation authentication software, dubbed AUSkey, with the reference distribution being Ubuntu with the Firefox Web browser.

• IBM secures Westpac deal despite doubts

  IBM has secured a five-year deal with the Westpac Group for the supply of infrastructure services as the major bank continues its technology transformation.
  

• ATO Change Program jilts Centrelink customers

  Issues with the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) IT systems Change Program have resulted in a number of Centrelink customers having their Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments suspended, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has reported.