If you are a systems administrator and want to configure your firewall to allow access to the Tax Office website for the download of e-tax and for the verification and lodgment of e-tax returns, refer to the details below.
To download the e-tax software, access to http port 80 must be enabled:
http://www.ato.gov.au IP 203.202.41.1
For verification and lodgment, access to https via port 443 must be enabled:
https://verification09.etax.ato.gov.au IP 203.202.41.104
https://lodgement09.etax.ato.gov.au IP 203.202.41.103
Data is transmitted using 128 bit SSL encryption.
E-tax attempts to connect directly to the internet, bypassing proxy servers.