As part of its ongoing engagement with tax practitioners, the ATO has announced some upcoming ATO open forums for practitioners. It will again be holding these open forums in a range of locations across Australia between March and June 2019.
Open forums are an opportunity for tax practitioners to have an open two-way dialogue with the ATO, allowing it to share information on matters of key importance and to hear directly from tax practitioners about matters that are affecting them.
The ATO says the intent of the forums is to:
hear directly from practitioners about matters affecting them and their practice, as well as the broader tax professional communityprovide an opportunity to raise questions for discussion and interact with the ATO in an open environmentallow ATO representatives to share information on matters of key importance.
What is to be discussed The ATO says that current discussion points cover, but are not limited to:
the latest updates on the ATO’s digital initiatives, includingthe rollout of “Online services for agents”, your new channel providing access to services currently available on the portalsdigital communication solutionsbenefits of e-invoicing for you and your clientschanges to identity and authorisation including myGovIDSingle Touch Payrollblack economy updates including Australian business number system reformATO focus on agent compliance and its efforts to level the playing fieldthe extension to the taxable payments reporting systemthe Tax Practitioner Board’s focus for 2019.
Attendance at an open forum generally contributes towards CPD with the Tax Practitioners Board.
How to participate The schedule of open forums is updated regularly and numbers are limited for each forum. Some are targeted to tax agents only, and some to BAS agents only (which is noted in the schedule below). The following open forums are scheduled for the coming months (scroll down for link to register), with more to be added in the new financial year.
New South WalesLocationDateTimeWagga Wagga20 March 20199.30am–1.30pmGosford – tax agents only22 March 20199.00am–1.00pmHornsby5 April 20199.00am–1.00pmWollongong30 April 20199.30am–1.30pmGosford – BAS agents only9 May 20199.30am–1.00pmParramatta6 June 20199.00am–1.00pmSydney20 June 20199.00am–1.00pmVictoriaLocationDateTimeDandenong5 March 2019This session is full.Shepparton22 March 20199.30am–1.30pmBox Hill – tax agents only12 April 20199.00am–1.00pmMelbourne7 June 20199.00am–1.00pmMaryborough19 June 20199.30am–1.30pmWestern AustraliaLocationDateTimeRockingham8 March 20199.00am–1.00pmJoondalup – BAS agents only8 May 20199.30am–1.00pmQueenslandLocationDateTimeSunshine Coast – tax agents only28 March 20194.00pm–8.00pmSunshine Coast – BAS agents only29 March 20199.30am–1.00pmMt Gravatt9 April 20199.00am–1.00pmRobina – BAS agents only1 May 20199.30am–1.00pmChermside12 June 20199.00am–1.00pmRobina – tax agents only19 June 20199.00am–1.00pmSouth AustraliaLocationDateTimeAdelaide9 April 20199.00am–1.00pmTasmaniaLocationDateTimeHobart2 April 20199.00am–1.00pmDevonport3 April 20199.30am–1.30pmNorthern TerritoryLocationDateTimeDarwin12 June 20199.00am–1.00pm
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