Rick,
Sorry for being dense, but why on earth would I want to do it
electronically? Is convenience more important than confidentiality?
I well remember last year that the ATO seemed to hand out approvals left,
right and centre for third parties to put e-tax logos on sites, with one
persisting long after the site was advised (by me as a journalist and by the
police) that it was seriously compromised. The site, AFAIK, is still there,
still accepting tax returns on behalf of the ATO.\
RC
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Todd
To: Rick Welykochy; link@www.anu.edu.au
Sent: 7/28/01 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [LINK] ATO and e-tax (fwd)
>As some of you may know, the ATO provides a facility, called 'e-tax',
to
>lodge your tax return electronically, but to do so, you must run
>Windows.
>
>Everyone needs to contact the ATO (1300 1300 17), and the ACCC
>(http://203.6.251.7/accc.internet/contact/contactForm.cfm)
>and complain about the ATO giving (exclusive) preferential treatment
>to citizens who are customers of a particular vendor.
I've already done this. I've indicated I can't lodge my documents until
I
have a suitable Linux Open Source application that will do it because
I'm
disadvantaged.
I indicated under the Tax Acts and the Discrimination Acts I'm being
held
to a disadvantage and that other methods cost me money, which I'm not
required to pay under the e-tax system.
At any rate legal advice I have says that the Tax Office has to solve
the
problem without expense to me or I don't have to comply with ther
systems
put in place :)
Ain't that a cute thought!
I wonder if the Census comes in E-census format :)
<smirk>
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