Lodging your TPAR
Your Taxable payments annual report (TPAR) is due by 28 August each year.
Use the lodgment method that best suits your business:
Lodge electronically
Lodging electronically is a quick and secure way to meet your reporting obligations.
There are inbuilt checks to help you complete the report correctly. You'll also receive an online confirmation once your TPAR is lodged.
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Business and sole traders
Using business software
If you have business software that can create a TPAR data file to the required specificationsExternal Link, you can lodge electronically through:
If you don’t have business software
Your business or you (if you are a sole trader) can lodge online through:
To use the Business Portal you need an:
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Government
Government entities must lodge electronically through the ATO Business Portal, using:
- file transfer function, or
- TPAR online form – select Online forms from the menu, then Taxable payments annual report.
To use the Business Portal you need an:
Reporting through the ATO TPAR online form will allow you to:
- save and resume your draft TPAR before lodging,
- confirm previous lodgment dates and access receipt ids in the History section
Note: Government entities cannot lodge via SBR-enabled software or the paper form.
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Tax professionals
Tax agents and BAS agents can lodge TPARs for their clients by using:
To access Online services for agents you need a secure credential such as myGovID and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM).
Online services for agents allows agents to:
- view a client's outstanding TPARs in the For action screen, or under Lodgments
- confirm previous lodgment dates and access receipts in the History section
- save and resume draft TPARs for their clients before lodging
- lodge TPARs for their clients through the online form, removing the need to lodge by paper.
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Paper lodgment
If you cannot access any of the electronic options, you can lodge a paper Taxable payments annual report (NAT 74109) form.
- We cannot process TPAR that are: photocopies of the form
- scanned images of forms
- spreadsheets, or
- word processing files (.pdf, .doc, .xls, .jpg, .tiff).
Note: Government entities cannot lodge on the paper form.
Order a TPAR paper form
You can order the form:
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Instructions about lodging your Taxable payments annual report (TPAR). Your TPAR is due by 28 August each year.