Australia: ATO to collect data from online selling platforms

The ATO will start collecting sales data from online selling platforms from the period 2023-2024 through 2025-2026.

The ATO will start collecting sales data from online selling platforms.

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has registered a gazette notice that it will start collecting Australian sales data from online selling platforms from the period 2023-2024 through 2025-2026.

According to the notice, the data items the ATO will be collecting include:

  • Client identification details – individuals (given and surname, date of birth, account holder’s addresses, Australian business number, email address, contact phone number)
  • Client identification details – non-individuals (business name, address, Australian business number, contact name, email address, contact phone number)
  • Account details (account name, account identification number, account registration date, account registration type, store type, seller status, IP address, number of annual sales transactions, value of annual sales transactions, number of monthly sales transactions, value of monthly sales transactions)

 

 

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