A description of some of the terms used on this site can be found on ato.gov.au
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ABN |
Australian business number |
| ABR |
Australian Business Register |
| ABSIA |
Australian Business Software Industry Association |
| ACN |
Australian Company Number |
| ACNC |
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission |
| AGIMO |
Australian Government Information Management Office |
| AIIR |
Annual investment income report |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANZSIC |
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| API |
Application programming interface |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| AS |
Activity statement |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| ATI |
Adjusted taxable income |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| AVA |
Assessment variation advice - superannuation |
| AWOTE |
Average weekly ordinary times earnings |
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| BAS |
Business activity statement |
| BDE |
Bulk data exchange |
| BIG |
Business implementation guide |
| BMS |
Business management system |
| BP |
Business Portal |
| BVAT |
Business viability assessment tool |
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| CAA |
Cloud software authentication and authorisation - formerly AUSkey in the cloud |
| CaaS |
Communication as a Service |
| CAV |
Computer assisted verification |
| CbC |
Country by Country |
| CDEP |
Community development employment project |
| CEG |
Corporate external gateway |
| CFI |
Conduit foreign income |
| CGT |
Capital gains tax |
| COTS |
Commercial off the shelf |
| CPS |
Core Processing System |
| CRS |
Common Reporting Standard |
| CWIG |
Contributions implementation working group |
| CMIG |
Common Message Implementation Guide |
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| DASP |
Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| DBA |
Digital Business Account (previously known as DBTL) |
| DBD |
Digital by default |
| DBTL |
Digital business transaction layer (now known as DBA) |
| DES |
Digital enabling services |
| DESC |
Data standards and eCommerce |
| DGR |
Deductible gift recipient |
| DIBP |
Department of Immigration and Border Protection |
| DIS |
Document Interchange System |
| DSP |
Digital service provider |
| DTA |
Digital Transformation Agency |
| DTTF |
Data Transfer Test Facility |
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| ECI |
Electronic Commerce Interface |
| ECM |
Electronic channel management |
| EEGO |
Energy Efficiency in Government Operations |
| EFT |
Electronic funds transfer |
| ELS |
Electronic lodgment service |
| EmployerTICK |
Employer TFN integrity check service |
| EPF |
Electronic portability form |
| ERS |
Electronic reporting specification |
| eSAT |
Electronic superannuation audit tool |
| ESS |
Employee share scheme |
| ETP |
Employment termination payment |
| ETR |
Education tax refund |
| EVTE |
External vendor testing environment |
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| FACS |
Family And Community Services |
| FATCA |
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act |
| FBT |
Fringe benefits tax |
| FERP |
Fuel excise reform program |
| FGS |
Fuel grant scheme |
| FHSA |
First home saver accounts |
| FIG |
Facilitated implementation guideline |
| FITO |
Foreign income tax offset |
| FRW |
Foreign resident withholding |
| FSGS |
Fuel sales grant scheme |
| FTA |
Family tax assistance |
| FTB |
Family tax benefit |
| FTC |
Fuel tax credit |
| FTE |
Full-time equivalent |
| FVS |
Fund validation service |
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| GIC |
General interest charge |
| GOG |
Gateway operators group |
| GST |
Goods and services tax |
| GST IBS |
GST Integrity of Business Systems |
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| HELP |
Higher education loan program |
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| IAAS |
Infrastructure as a service |
| IAS |
Instalment activity statement |
| IBS |
Integrity of Business Systems |
| ICAA |
Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia |
| ICP |
Integrated core processing |
| INB |
Individual Non Business |
| IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
| IPT |
Integrated product test |
| ITW |
Income tax withholding |
| IVR |
Interactive voice recognition |
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| JSON |
JavaScript object notation |
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| LCT |
Luxury car tax |
| LISC |
Low income super contribution |
| LISTO |
Low income superannuation tax offset |
| LMR |
Lost members register |
| LMS |
Lost members statement |
| LRC |
Low rate cap |
| LSIA |
Lump sum in arrears |
| LWG |
Lodgment working group |
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| MAAS |
Member Account Attribute Service |
| MATS |
Member Account Transaction Service |
| MCS |
Members contribution statement |
| MES |
Members exit statement |
| MIG |
Message implementation guide |
| MIPS |
Media information processing services |
| MIT |
Managed investment trust |
| MSH |
Message service handler |
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| NABERS |
National Australian Built Environment Rating System |
| NAT |
National forms number |
| NoA |
Notice of assessment |
| NRIDRAR |
Non-resident interest, dividend and royalty annual report |
| NTLG |
National Tax Liaison Group |
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| OASIS |
Organisation for the advancement of structured information standards |
| OCR |
Optical character recognition |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OoLR |
Outcome of lodgment report |
| OTE |
Ordinary time earnings |
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| PaaS |
Platform as a Service |
| PAYG |
Pay as you go |
| PBI |
Public benevolent institution |
| PLS |
Practitioner lodgment service |
| POS |
Point of sale |
| PPL |
Paid parental leave |
| PRN |
Payment reference number |
| PRRT |
Petroleum resource rent tax |
| PSAR |
Payment summary annual report |
| PVA |
Payment variation advice |
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| QTFN |
Quarterly tax file number |
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| R&D |
Research and development |
| RAM |
Relationship Authorisation Manager |
| RARN |
Remittance advice and recovery notice |
| RATO |
Reinventing the ATO |
| RBL |
Reasonable benefit limit |
| RESC |
Reportable employer superannuation contributions |
| RFB |
Reportable fringe benefit |
| RFBA |
Reportable fringe benefit allowance |
| RKET |
Record keeping evaluation tool |
| ROSA |
Review of self-assessment |
| RSA |
Retirement savings accounts |
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| SA |
Services Australia |
| SaaS |
Software as a Service |
| SAF |
Standard audit file |
| SAFF |
SuperStream alternate file format |
| SAPTO |
Senior Australians pension tax offset |
| SATO |
Senior Australians tax offset |
| SBR |
Standard Business Reporting |
| SBR1 |
SBR Core Services |
| SBR2 |
ebMS3 |
| SCA |
Standard chart of accounts |
| SCS |
Superannuation contribution surcharge |
| SCSP |
Superannuation contribution surcharge payer |
| SCT |
Superannuation contribution tax |
| SDK |
Software developer kit |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SFN |
Superannuation fund number |
| SFSS |
Student financial supplement scheme |
| SG |
Superannuation guarantee |
| SGAA |
Superannuation guarantee (administration) act 1992 |
| SGC |
Superannuation guarantee charge |
| SGS |
Superannuation guarantee surcharge |
| SHAA |
Superannuation holding accounts (special account) - active |
| SHAI |
Superannuation holding accounts (special account) - inactive |
| SHAR |
Superannuation holding accounts reserve |
| SIPO |
Software industry partnership office |
| SMSF |
Self-managed superannuation fund |
| SNI |
Separate net income |
| SOAP |
Simple object access protocol |
| SOF |
Statement of formula |
| SPAD |
Superannuation provider assessment data |
| SPIN |
Superannuation product identification number |
| SSC |
Salary sacrifice contributions |
| SSRG |
SuperStream Reference Group |
| SSTC |
SuperStream standard technical committee |
| STP |
Single Touch Payroll |
| STS |
Simplified tax system |
| SuperTICK |
Super TFN integrity check service |
| SwD |
Software developer |
| SwDC |
Software developer community |
| SWG |
Strategic working group |
| SWS |
Strategic web services |
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| TA |
Tax agent |
| TAP |
Tax Agent Portal |
| TAS |
Tax administrative system |
| TFN |
Tax file number |
| TGGP |
Taxable government grants and payments |
| TI |
Taxable income |
| TIC |
TFN integrity check |
| TID |
Tax instalment deduction |
| TIES |
Tax issues entry system |
| TOFA |
Taxation of financial affairs |
| TPAR |
Taxable payment annual report |
| TPB |
Tax Practitioners Board |
| TR |
Taxation ruling |
| TRN |
Temporary resident notification |
| TSL |
Trade support loan |
| TTI |
Trans-Tasman imputation |
| TTW |
Total tax withheld |
| TVM |
Tax Value Method |
| TWC |
Tax withheld calculator |
| TWG |
Technical working group |
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| UC |
Undeducted contributions |
| UCA |
Uniform capital allowances |
| UPP |
Undeducted purchase price |
| USI |
Unique Superannuation Identifier |
| USM |
Unclaimed super money |
| USMR |
Unclaimed superannuation monies - resident |
| USMT |
Unclaimed superannuation monies - temporary resident |
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| VPN |
Virtual private network |
| VR |
Voluntary redundancy |
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| WDV |
Written down value |
| WET |
Wine equalisation tax |
| WHT |
Withholding Taxes |
| WIG |
Web implementation guidelines |
| WPN |
Withholder payer number |
| WRE |
Work related expenses |
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| XBRL |
eXtensible Business Reporting Language |
| XBRL-GL |
eXtensible Business Reporting Language - general ledger |
| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
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