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Dear client,

The ATO is moving towards a paperless office limiting their paper correspondence.

If anything is lodged electronically (including BAS, IAS and Income Tax Returns), this will automatically force you to receive your BAS, IAS and PAYG Instalment Notices electronically. You may receive an email from the ATO advising you that your notice is available for retrieval.

If you are in business, to access and lodge your notice, you will need to register for an AUSkey via the Australian Business Register website. You will then be able to log in on the business portal. (see below for detailed instructions)

If you have registered on myGov then you may be directly receiving all your ATO correspondence including ATO Income Tax Assessments through the myGov website.

If you have any questions please contact our office.

Kind Regards, The D P Loewy Team

Instructions for accessing the Business Portal

1) To access the portal, you will need the following:

a. an AUSkey (for each person using the portal) – see below

b. The ABN (Australian Business Number)

2) If you will have multiple people using the Business Portal, you will need to use a stand alone tool called Access Manager to manage their access and permissions to your account with the Business Portal.

3) Once you have an AUSkey, go to https://bp.ato.gov.au/ to login (you may be asked to download Java software).

Getting an AUSkey

1) If you are the first person in your business to register for an AUSkey, you will automatically receive an administrator AUSkey. This will allow you to manage all AUSkeys linked to the ABN using the Access Manager described above.

2) Go to this website https://abr.gov.au/AUSkey/Registering-for-AUSkey/Register-for-an-AUSkey/

3) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Register for AUSkey” orange button.

4) Follow the prompts and fill out all the necessary fields.

5) For anyone else who will be registering for an AUSkey, they will request a “standard” AUSkey (as opposed to administrator). You will then need to manage the permission with Access Manager at the following website: https://am.ato.gov.au/

More details instructions can be found at:

1) https://www.ato.gov.au/business/business-portal/getting-started

2) https://www.ato.gov.au/business/business-portal/getting-started/getting-an-auskey/

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