[Advacs-discuss] [Fwd: RE: Software Compliance.]

[David Palmer]

O.K. Here's the reply from the Australian Tax office.
I didn't find this stuff on the site on the first or second pass, so I 
assume the usual standards of website design apply.
Hope this helps.
Regards,

David.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: Software Compliance.
Date: 	Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:12:47 +1000
From: 	French, Kate <Kate.French@ato.gov.au>
To: 	David Palmer <davidpalmer@westnet.com.au>



Hi David,

Sorry it has taken so long to reply to your email, it seems most of us
here have had one bug or another over the past week or so.  

The ATO's website www.ato.gov.au/rsf has a list of Test Scenarios which
products can be tested against and if they met the requirements of the
scenarios can be listed on the Product Register.  This is a self test,
self list regime, the ATO does do Quality Assurance checks on various
products to ensure the integrity of the site.

To download the test scenarios, from the home page:
 
Go to "Search for Specifications and Information"
>From the Resource Types, select "Test Scenarios" and if you want to
refine the results you can scroll down the page and also select a Tax
Category.

If your product is designed to perform any of the functions you can then
test those functions against the scenario/s.

To then list a product on the Product Register you need to go to
Software Developer Registration and if you are not already registered
complete the Company details and submit them, you will then receive an
email specifying your username and password, this is usually within 18
hours.
  
If you have any further questions about testing or registering your
product, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards

Kate French
Software Industry Liaison Unit
Australian Taxation Office
Toll Free:  1300 139 052 
ph:     02 4923 1134
fax:  02 4923 1680
email:  kate.french@ato.gov.au

 



-----Original Message-----
From: David Palmer [mailto:davidpalmer@westnet.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:51
To: RSF
Subject: Software Compliance.


Hello,

I'm one of a small international group of open source software 
developers that are about to begin developing an enterprise quality 
accounting package.

We are interested in what the ATO require as standards of compliance 
within such an application for acceptance within the Australian
environment. Grateful for any information you may care to give. Regards
and thanks,

David Palmer.


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