Digital certificates

The following documents, which you can find on the Online Services home page, will give you all the information you need about digital certificates.

How to set up digital certificates for your practice
Instructions for tax agents to help them set up digital certificates for their practices to enable access to the Tax Agent Portal and other Tax Office online services.

Register for a digital certificate
You will need a digital certificate to use our portals, the Electronic commerce interface (ECI) and to access/change your business details on the ABR. Register for one now.

Replace or cancel your digital certificate
Replacing your certificate means your current certificate is cancelled and you receive a new one. Cancelling your certificate means terminating your current one.

Renew your digital certificate
Digital certificates have a life of two years. You will need to renew yours before its expiry date to continue using it.

Copy your digital certificate on to a USB stick
Putting your digital certificate on to a USB stick will give you the flexibility to login to our portals from any computer without having to install your certificate on each computer that you want to use.

Terms, conditions and policies
Details of the terms, conditions and policies relating to digital certificates.

Last Modified: Friday, 22 May 2009

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