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The usage of the government myGov portal has risen by 40% in the last 12 months, a statement from the Department of Human Services claims, with 500,000 users logging in on a daily basis.

The Federal Government has allocated $67.2 million in the forthcoming budget for use in fresh trials around its myGovID identify system, a trial of which began in October last year for iPhone users.

Companies which employ 19 or fewer people will have to report through the single touch payroll (STP) system from 1 July, the Australian Taxation Office says, adding that they can take additional time until 30 September to do so if required.

The government has kicked off a pilot of its myGovID identity solution on the last day of October, with the trial open to people who have iPhones at the outset as a private, beta app is available for this operating system only. An Android app is expected to be issued next year and a Web interface to be provided after that.

Amazon plans to enter the Australian Protected cloud market, but it really can't be bothered to offer the same service as it does to the American Government, it would appear.

App developer Elegant Media, the only Australian app development company with an ISO 9001 accreditation, has secured a deal to supply an app for the Australian Taxation Office to use in staff induction.

The Federal Government intends to ask Australians to have a single ID check and then create something known as Govpass to prove their identity when dealing with any government agency.

The Australian Taxation Office will take a hard look at those who have been dabbling in cryptocurrencies over the 2017-18 financial year come tax time, a private tax agent claims.

Australia's digital identity program, GovPass, will receive $92.4 million to be taken to completion, beginning in 2018-19, the Federal Budget papers show.

The Australian Taxation Office has warned the public to beware of scammers who contact taxpayers claiming to be from the ATO and seeking repayment of tax debts through cryptocurrencies.

Single touch payroll (STP), the next move by the Australian Taxation Office to streamline payroll reporting, is scheduled to take effect from 1 July.

Australia plans to set up an industry-led cyber security co-operative research centre, with the government announcing an investment of $50 million.

An employee of the Australian Taxation Office has published information obtained from the Israeli firm Cellebrite online, detailing ways of breaking into mobile phones.

The Australian Taxation Office says its systems are back online after a disruption on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the Australian Tax Office, 48,084 “ATO scams” were reported between July and October in 2016 – it is already up to 17,067 and it is not even the end of the financial year.

A payroll company that caters to IT contractors says it has sorted out issues with the Australian Taxation Office and will be able to pay those whom it owes within the next 72 hours.

A payroll company that serves Australian IT contractors says it is making progress in sorting out its issues with the Australian Taxation Office and hopes to be able to pay contractors soon.

A payroll company that serves IT contractors says the Australian Taxation Office froze its bank accounts rendering it unable to process contractors' pay since 27 April.

Officials from the Australian Taxation Office are unhappy about the fact that their employer is being linked to Centrelink over the automated debt recovery programme launched by the latter in December.

The Australian Taxation Office says it has a long way to go before its IT environment is stabilised following hardware issues that put it out of commission from Monday onwards.