ATO will send outage HPE drives for testing in the US
The storage drives responsible for the series of outages at The Australian Tax Office (ATO) website will be sent back to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) headquarters to determine the cause of the...
View ArticleATO and Department of Immigration under fire for IT supplier contracts
Federal Government agencies have come under scrutiny from the national auditor for failing to properly manage contracts with IT suppliers.
View ArticleATO looks for "way forward" with HPE after storage hardware failure
The ATO has revealed it is working with its technology partner, HPE, to find a "way forward" following the failure of storage hardware last year.
View ArticleSlim tax tally sees Google clash with the ATO
Google Australia is set to lock horns with the ATO after being issued with an amended tax bill following financial audits by the Australian tax collector.
View ArticlePay on the way for IT contractors on Plutus Payroll’s books
The end may be in sight for local IT contractors whose pay has been held up during Plutus Payroll’s legal wrangles with the ATO.
View ArticleHPE strikes settlement with the ATO over storage failure
HPE has struck a settlement with the ATO over the “unprecedented” failure of its storage hardware in late 2016.
View ArticleProblems flagged months before HPE hardware failure hit ATO systems
Log data generated by the ATO's HPE storage hardware revealed potential issues months before the agency’s systems were hit by last year's massive outage.
View ArticlePlutus Payroll enters administration after $165M tax fraud investigation
The payroll company that left local IT contractors waiting for wages amid a $165 million tax fraud investigation has gone into administration.
View ArticleATO steps up tax time assistance for Plutus Payroll IT contractors
The ATO has stepped up its efforts to help contractors hit when Plutus Payroll became embroiled in a $165 million tax fraud investigation.
View ArticleMicrosoft Australia reaches new tax stance in Australia
Microsoft has settled its audit by the ATO, saying it will pay more tax on local sales and marketing income.
View ArticleNew wave of Aussie phishing scams impersonate AFP, Telstra, ATO, Spotify and...
A round up of the email scams swamping Aussie inboxes during the past week.
View ArticleATO promises to keep hardware and software up-to-date
ATO reveals some details of its IT Systems Improvement Program, which is set to strengthen the core IT platforms and improve their resilience.
View ArticleATO boosts DXC deal to $1.5B
The ATO has said it will boost its long-running centralised computing contract with DXC Technology to $1.47 billion as it eyes up incoming procurement changes.
View ArticleATO systems outage audit prompts IT supplier SLA scrutiny
Audit points to "inadequacies" in the ATO's business continuity management planning relating to critical infrastructure.
View ArticleAussies pay over $50K in Bitcoin to fake ATO tax debt scammers
The ATO warns taxpayers to be on the lookout for scammers impersonating the agency and demanding Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency as payment.
View ArticleATO goes to market for fresh IT skills
The Australian Taxation Office has called on suppliers to help it fill a new procurement panel aimed at filling out its ranks of contingent IT services professionals.
View ArticleATO report reveals tech companies that paid zero tax in 2016-17
The ATO has released its latest corporate tax transparency report which lists companies and how much tax they paid for the previous financial year.
View ArticleBudget pledges more investment into tax avoidance taskforce
The Federal Government has decided to extend the funding for the Australian Taxation Office Tax Avoidance Taskforce.
View ArticleATO spells end of Optus reign as network services supplier
The Australian Tax Office is to end Optus’ decade-long dominance as its sole network services supplier after more than a decade.
View ArticleHere are the top tech companies that paid no tax in Australia last year
Vendors, distributors, integrators and resellers all make an appearance on this year’s list, and are among those organisations that paid no tax in the 2017-18 reporting year.
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