Specifications

The accepted specifications and versions for the 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 financial years. You will be required to use these if you are developing software to lodge electronically. A list of validation tools has also been included.

This page contains information and artefacts for web services that enable reporters to lodge bulk XML files via the ATO portals/bulk file transfer facility.

A director identification number (director ID) is a 15-digit unique identifier given to a director that has verified their identity with Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS).

A final version of the Employee share scheme (ESS) annual report v2.0.3 specification is now available.

A Final Community Housing Providers Report v1.0.1 has been released.  Due to the changes being minor and informational, only a clean version has been published. General key changes

A final version of the Employee share scheme (ESS) annual report v3.1.2 specification is now available.

A final Private health insurance report version 3.0.2 electronic reporting specification (ERS) and a final Private health insurance statement specification version have now been published.

A final version of the Transaction of shares and units (Listed Entities) report specification v2.1.0 is now available.

A Final Electronic reporting specification Real property transfers report (RPTR) specification v1.0.4 has been released.  Due to the changes being minor and informational, only a clean version has been published.

A FINAL version of the Taxable payments annual reports (TPAR) v3.0.1 specification has been released.  Due to the changes being minor and informational, only a clean version has been published.