Tax Issues Entry System

The Tax Issues Entry System, or TIES for short, is an Australian Government initiative jointly managed by the Tax Office and Treasury.

TIES provides an opportunity for you to raise issues relating to the care and maintenance of the Australian Government's tax and superannuation systems.

Care and maintenance issues are about making sure the existing law operates in the way it was intended, by correcting technical or drafting defects, removing anomalies and addressing unintended outcomes. Care and maintenance issues could involve minor policy changes, though they typically would not have a significant revenue impact.

TIES will seek to find the best solution to your issue, whether that can be done by way of a change to the existing Tax Office administrative practices or by raising with the Government the possibility of changing the law. Law changes will be subject to the Government's other legislative priorities.

TIES will not be able to pursue issues that would require a major policy change or that require a change to a State or Territory tax law. Examples of State or Territory tax laws are those relating to stamp duty, payroll tax or land tax. In these cases, we will explain to you why the issue will not be pursued through TIES.

Details of issues accepted for TIES will be published on the TIES website www.ties.gov.au Regular updates on how issues are progressing will also be provided on the site.

To register a TIES issue

If you would like to register a TIES issue, go to:

• www.ties.gov.au
• select 'Documenting issues', and
• complete the template available.

Further information

More information is available on the TIES website at www.ties.gov.au