17/11/2008
IMPORTANT INFORMATION – ATO shuts down all computers
The Tax Office will conduct essential maintenance over the Christmas-New Year period that will require all computer systems and applications to be shut down.
This means all our systems and services including the Portal, electronic lodgement service, telephone services and the Tax Office website will be unavailable from 4pm EDST on Wednesday 24 December 2008 until 9am EDST on Monday 5 January 2009. In addition, there may also be some disruption to services from 19 December and after 5 January.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Tax Practitioner And Lodgment Strategy
Australian Taxation Office