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  • ATO in cone of silence on system upgrade

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is maintaining its silence over whether it will proceed with the biggest IT upgrade in its history. The agency has declined to provide an update on the technical deployment of the nation's new income tax IT system, scheduled to commence on Friday, despite several requests for clarification.

  • EDS loses $60m ATO desktop contract

    EDS will lose its $60 million Australian Taxation Office (ATO) End User Computing (EUC) services contract from June 2012 after the agency announced a short list of new providers.

  • ATO calls for new software developers group members

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is looking for tax and superannuation software developers to join a consultative group. According to the ATO, the term will soon expire for current members of the Software Developers Consultative Group (SDCG), and the organisation is interested in working with a new slew of developers.

  • Australian Tax Office change program "risky"

    The Australian Taxation Office annual report has revealed its change program is high risk and mostly responsible for the office’s budget overspend last financial year. The change program aims to migrate the agency away from legacy and paper-based systems to a single, integrated core IT system.

  • ATO again the target of phishing scam

    Just like it did this time last year, the Australian Tax Office is again warning taxpayers of a fraudulent email being circulated that claims to offer citizens a tax refund.

  • ATO switches off IT for Christmas

    The Australian Tax Office (ATO) will shut down all communications and IT systems during the Christmas break as part of maintenance upgrades to its Canberra data centre.

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