ELS TT2016
Presented by
Sandra Drummond
ELS-Takeon Data Capture
Australian Taxation Office
09 September 2015
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ELS TT2016
High level design
Tax Agent View
• ELS will not be open to tax agents as a lodgment channel.
• ELS will only accept and validate transactions lodged by SBR.
• ELS transmission and validation reports for forms lodged by SBR will only be available from SBR.
• ELS Tax Agent mailboxes will not be accessible.
Software Producer View/Requirements
ELS will continue running in the background to support the lodgment of prior year returns by SBR,
therefore we need to understand what level of on-going ELS support you will need for this service,
and your thoughts on timelines to ‘switch off’ ELS services to tax agents.
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Testing
Access to ELS Test “Gateway” in the future
Are there any producers of SBR enabled software, currently not registered for ELS purposes,
planning to provide Prior Year service in their products?
If you are providing Prior Year service, would you need to be able test ELS validation rules for prior
year returns lodged by SBR?
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ELS Spec Release
TT2016
We plan to issue an ELS release to reflect the change in the service:
Although there will be no changes to previously specified validation rules (TT2015 and prior), we
know that the release will contain changes to, and deletions of documents to reflect what will be
available in the Prior Year service. For example, we know that there will be changes to table 6
required, ELS declarations would not be required.
From a developer point of view would you prefer a production release
to TT2015 or Dev release for TT2016?
What level of detail are you expecting/wanting?
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ELS End Of Year Schedule
Turning off ELS Services
Tax agents need time to ‘switch’ over to the new tax year product – transition from one tax year to the
next:
How long do you think we need to keep ELS open to agents post 1
July 2016 to allow transition from 2015 ELS to 2016 SBR software?
We imagine a staggered turn-off of services is required;
1. Report Requests (allow time for generation and delivery),
2. Lodgment of all other transactions, and
3. Then a brief period to ensure all reports are downloaded.
 Need to consider Activity statement generates and lodgment due dates.
Do you agree with this approach, or have any other suggestions?
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Feedback and questions
The ATO would like Software developers to:
Provide their responses to these questions to SIPO by 18th
September, 2015.
Please feel free to include any additional thoughts or ideas you might have.
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Any further question
Please contact SIPO at:
[email protected]
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Thank you