Australian Business Register ABR ABR Program update May

Australian Business Register (ABR) ABR Program update – May 2015

Introduction This Program update covers the ABR and SBR: • Update on the last three months • NSW business portal equivalent and services pilot • What's happening Internationally • The next three - six months • SBR forum • Patent issue 26/09/2020 2

The last three months Over the past three months we have seen: • increasing interest from agencies around SBR • developing a framework and toolkit to help new agencies when they implement SBR • the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) has released its ‘Digital Service Standard’ that include SBR • acceptance that the SBR program should extend beyond the initial scope of financial reporting 26/09/2020 3

The last three months • a pilot to use the ABR as NSW governments business register • growth in ABN Lookup • released a new video ‘how SBR works’ for Government 26/09/2020 4

NSW business portal equivalent and services pilot • Service NSW and Federal Government are working to develop a ‘Tell Government Once’ digital solution • Federal Digital transformation policy • Providing businesses with a more streamlined process • The Service NSW vision is to enhance the customer experience for businesses 26/09/2020 5

What’s happening Internationally • Saudi Arabia delegation visit • A Taiwanese not-for-profit organisation has made contact • Canadian Revenue held an international telephone conference • ATO's response to the OECD and IFRS Update on the use of SBR in Australia. • Oman's Ministry of Commerce and Industry visit 26/09/2020 6

Oman's Ministry of Commerce compared to the Australian Business Register Oman Australia National Business Register Australian Business Register Annual Reporting Standard Business Reporting Oman Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 26/09/2020 AUSkey 7

The next three - six months In the coming months: • Software developers to start to offer more SBR enabled services out to the market • Agencies to continue to move toward implementing digital services that include SBR But, most importantly: • Digital Transformation Office to develop a business case for future SBR 26/09/2020 8

The next three - six months Specific agencies we are actively engaged with include: • • • Customs – facilitating international trade (trusted trader program) Department Education – around Schools & Youth / Higher Education / Skills & Training Australian Bureau of Statistics – undertaking a SBR pilot around their surveys ASIC – have made available an i. XBL messaging format so business can replace info currently submitted by PDF Petroleum Data – working to agree on industry standard ACT Government – their i. Connect program and transformation of their revenue system NSW Government – part of their Service NSW transformation for business WGEA – looking to offer their annual reporting requirement from employers greater than 100 employers via SBR ACFA – have established SBR processes, looking to include in SBR Taxonomy DHS – continuing work on their Child Support System ATO – Single Touch Payroll will be via SBR 26/09/2020 9

SBR forum • The SBR Board endorsed a proposal to establish a national software developer consultative forum • All agencies that are represented on our Board have been approached to participant • the forum would provide a co-ordinated approach to engaging with the software industry and a mechanism for obtaining software industry input into government initiatives • Members would discuss government direction and priorities relevant to the software industry • The forum would not replace or manage agency consultation with the software industry at an operational level • We are now working to align this with the DTO. 26/09/2020 10

Patent update We have published the following: • “The ATO obtained, for its own purposes, confidential legal advice on whether two innovation patent applications (No. 2013100837 and No. 2014100224) affected the ATO’s ongoing operation of the whole-of-government SBR program and provision of SBR services. While those patents have now been certified, the ATO’s assessment remains that its SBR program and SBR services is not infringed by those patents. Software providers and developers should make their own assessments of whether they are affected by the scope of those patents, and if concerned, should seek their own legal advice. ” Refer: sbr. gov. au 26/09/2020 11

Any questions from the Forum? 26/09/2020 12