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  • Linux users to get AUSkey access before Christmas

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has confirmed Linux users will finally have access to its AUSkey authentication software within two months, following compatibility complaints in May when the service was launched for Windows and Mac OS X only.

    Written by Chloe Herrick13 Oct. 10 16:28
  • ATO downplays Lockheed deal cost

    The Australian Taxation Office has clarified that its five-year desktop services contract with defence giant and IT contractor Lockheed Martin actually has a total pricetag of $283.4 million - not the $380 million it mistakenly published through the Government's tendering system.

    Written by Renai LeMay12 Oct. 10 09:09
  • ATO finalises $60m desktop contract

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has signed contracts with Lockheed Martin — a US technology giant more known for its strengths in the construction of fighter jets and missiles than in enterprise IT services – to provide desktop PC and other end-user computing services, in a deal estimated at $60 million a year.

    Written by Renai LeMay13 Sept. 10 08:34
  • James Hardie up for $330M tax charge

    James Hardie (ASX:JHX) has lost a Federal Court of Australia appeal regarding a $330M tax charge

    Written by CFO World Staff01 Sept. 10 17:43
  • ATO targets online traders in data sweep

    The ATO has launched a data matching program to detect the underreporting of revenue earned through eBay or the Trading Post

    Written by Dylan Bushell-Embling30 July 10 15:44
  • Tax office goes Ubuntu for AUSkey Linux standard

    The Australian Taxation Office is preparing to release a Linux port of its AUSkey authentication software with Ubuntu being the reference distribution for testing and development.

    Written by Rodney Gedda21 July 10 09:35
  • ATO awards $60m-a-year desktop deal to Lockheed Martin

    The Australian Taxation Office has awarded Lockheed Martin — a US technology giant more known for its strengths in the construction of fighter jets and missiles than in enterprise IT services — preferred tenderer status for a contract estimated at $60 million a year for the provision of desktop PC and other end-user computing services.

    Written by Renai LeMay19 July 10 14:44
  • SBR gets open source tool, AUSkey coming to Linux

    National Linux advocacy body Linux Australia has added its support for the federal government's Standard Business Reporting initiative by planning an open source SBR integration project, meanwhile work begins at the ATO on AUSkey for Linux.

    Written by Rodney Gedda09 July 10 10:18
  • Online reporting system aims to simplify SBR

    An online reporting system that simplifies business submissions to government departments including the ATO has been launched by Delottie digital.

    Written by Lisa Banks09 July 10 10:44
  • SBR estimated to save business $800 million a year

    A new era has begun with the commencement of the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) program, a standardised approach to financial reporting across government agencies that could save businesses up to $800 million a year.

    Written by Georgina Swan01 July 10 00:01
  • ATO offshore disclosure offer expires June 30

    Taxpayers caught with undeclared offshore income after the program expires will be subject to much stiffer financial penalties, and a higher likelihood of prosecution

    Written by Dylan Bushell-Embling25 June 10 15:48
  • Company directors jailed for tax fraud

    Phone Directories Company directors John Hargraves and Daniel Aran Stoten sentenced to six years each

    Written by Dylan Bushell-Embling09 June 10 17:05
  • Linux users cry fail over ATO AUSKey compatibility

    The Australian Taxation Office is pushing the AUSkey public key infrastructure (PKI) for secure data exchange when submitting tax returns, but Linux users say they have again been left out in the cold.

    Written by Rodney Gedda21 May 10 09:05
  • ATO income tax system upgrade set to go ahead

    The Australian Tax Office's (ATO) technical deployment of the nation's new income tax IT system looks set to go ahead as scheduled from Friday January 22.

    Written by Trevor Clarke11 Jan. 10 11:54
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