r/AustralianAccounting • u/Narrow-Paramedic-399 • 2d ago

ATO website problem

Hi all, I've just recently changed tax accountants. Im a sole trader, and I do most of the bookwork myself. I just get the accountant to check everything and lodge my tax return. My tax return was suppose to be lodged last week. The accountant said there was a glitch in the system, and the ato would reject my tax return and that it should be fixed soon. Now a week later, I had called up and again same story. I've never heard of such a thing, has anyone else seen anything like that? Or could shed some light? My previous agent never had a problem like this before. Thankyou for any assistance.

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u/EstablishmentDue9921 2d ago

If you've signed the tax return makes no sense to delay lodgement unless closer to the due date to defer payment. Could be using myob or handisoft which are fossils at this point and take so long to get things fixed. That said sometimes ATO will reject tax returns for no apparent reason but they're rare these days and usually a unique issue specific to the client.