Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems (MTAS) working group – 7 December 2023

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Payroll
Tax preparation
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Description

The Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems (MTAS) project is an ATO initiative aimed at improving the integrity of the tax system through improving the end-to-end trust experience for clients.

This meeting was held via webinar on Thursday 7 December 2023.

Key outcomes

Below is a summary of key outcomes. Note: the full outcomes and any presentation materials are available in the Online services for DSPs.

At this meeting, discussion points were:

Technical Design and Specifications

An overview of the latest Validation Rules (VRs) for the new DISTBENTRT service was provided to the group.

The group was also provided an overview of Income Details draft MST and how it supports the new Trust Income Schedule information as at the November EVTE release. This was published on 7 December 2023 in the sbr.gov.au NITR 2024 package. More VRs will be added in the February 2024 release.

An overview of the current delivery timeline was provided to the group.

Phase 2 Scoping Work

The group was taken through considerations for adding and removing labels on the Trust Tax Return based on improvements to the size of the form.

Group discussion

No members had any further comments.

Next steps

The next working group will reconvene in February 2024 prior to the EVTE release which is scheduled for the middle of February. For any questions about the Modernisation of Trust Administration Systems (MTAS) working group, raise a ticket in Online services for DSPs.

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