About the ATO consultation report
This report describes ATO consultation activities in September 2025.
It contains:
Consultation matters
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Consultation matters received
[202516] Top 100 GST Program: a changed approach for high assurance GST reporters
Consultation matters completed
[202427] Integration of the Cloud Authentication and Authorisation model into the sending service provider process
Advice and guidance products released for comment
Draft Practical Compliance Guideline
No advice and guidance products released this month
Legislative instruments released for comment
No legislative instruments released for comment this month
See open consultation for products open for comment.
News
Stewardship groups
The Large Business Stewardship Group met and the topics discussed included:
- Digital ID for business
- Accounts and authorisations
- ATO digital services for large business.
The Private Groups Stewardship Group met and the topics discussed included:
- ATO corporate plan
- Top 500 program
- Areas of focus for private groups in 2025–26
- Small business independent review pilot
- Draft Practical Compliance Guideline Back-to-back CGT rollovers
- Property and construction - update on topical issues
- An agent authorisation process for individuals and sole traders
- Next 5,000 program
- Recent public advice and guidance
- Recent litigation.
The Small Business Stewardship Group met and the topics discussed included:
- Debts on hold approach and its progressive rollout
- Redefining Concessions Project where members were asked to support the public consultation process (commencing 4 September and concluding 2 October)
- Ready for business - New to Business email series, the closure of the Small Business Litigation Funding program, and a Payday Super update.
Separate to the meeting A draft business case for a 2026–2028 membership refresh was approved.
The Superannuation Industry Stewardship Group met and the topics discussed included:
- Updates from regulators, including the release of respective 2025–26 corporate plan
- Emerging issues in the superannuation industry
- Duplication in data reporting to government agencies, with members to provide further examples for simplification
- Fraud and cyber security developments in the superannuation sector
- Improvements to website communications following ASIC’s death benefits review
- ASIC’s update on high-risk super switching.
The Tax Practitioner Stewardship Group met and the topics discussed included:
- The ATO interim process for the false and misleading statements code item (under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 Code of Professional Conduct)
- Counter Fraud Program, and the new ATO App security features
- Future tax environment
- Environmental scan.
Stakeholder relationship group
The Tax Profession Digital Implementation Group met and the topics discussed included:
- Online services for agents practice mail
- Insights from the 2024 Tax Professionals Digital Services Experience survey
- Planned timeframes and deliverables for the Modernisation of Tax Administration Systems program
- Environmental scan
- Counter Fraud Program and the new ATO App security features
- Consultation to date on a future individuals and sole trader Client-to-agent linking solution.