To improve the security of its online services, the ATO has introduced additional steps requiring taxpayers to authorise and nominate their agents through ‘Online services for business’.
These additional steps are relevant to taxpayers that are either:
- Appointing a new agent as their representative; or
- Providing an existing agent with authority for a new tax obligation.
Taxpayers that are maintaining their current arrangements with their existing agents should not be impacted.
Currently, these additional steps apply only to public and multinational businesses, certain businesses in the Top 500 privately-owned wealthy groups and government entities.
This is progressively being rolled out and expanded to other taxpayers. From 13 November 2023, the ATO intends that these additional steps will apply to all business taxpayers with an ABN, but excluding sole traders.
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Date published 25 Oct 2023 | Last updated 31 Jan 2025
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