Open forums

Our ATO open forums provide tax professionals an opportunity to hear about upcoming changes, interact and ask questions.

Last updated 6 August 2025

What open forums offer

Open forums are interactive webinars with guest speakers from the ATO and the Tax Practitioners Board.

These webinars give you and your staff an opportunity to:

hear about the latest updates and upcoming changes to the tax, super and registry systems
ask questions.

Your attendance may contribute towards your continuing professional educationExternal Link (CPE) with the Tax Practitioners Board.

You can register for one of our open forums using the 'Register for this session' link in the following table.

Details of open forums
Open forum sessions	Session topics
An update from the ATO Wednesday 3 September 2025 11:30 am – 1:00 pm AEST Register for this sessionExternal Link	Capital gains tax Main residence exemption Foreign residence capital gains withholding (FRCGW) Common errors CGT pre-fill Debt approach update The ATO’s role Strengthening our approach Compliance Lodgment program – Improving lodgment performance Do you have the right practice management processes in place to support your clients? What steps you need to take to ensure lodgments are completed on time What’s the risk of not taking action now What are we seeing across the profession What it means for you
An update from the ATO Wednesday 24 September 2025 11:00 am – 12:30 pm AEST Register for this sessionExternal Link	eInvoicing What is eInvoicing? Benefits of eInvoicing How it works How it benefits your clients How eInvoicing benefits tax agents/accountants/bookkeepers How to become enabled FBT and motor vehicles Electric Passenger Commercial vehicles ATO app – unlock the ATO account Update on the introduction of security features for the ATO app Demonstration of the new feature to unlock an ATO account using the ATO app

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