Story 2014-07-04 3PY Mandatory myGov logon prevents online tax lodgement

Mandatory myGov logon prevents online tax lodgement

by
Anonymous Coward
in internet on (#3PY)
As of 2014 the Australian Government requires all tax payers using electronic tax return software to first register with the new myGov registry. myGov was introduced recently as a single signon for Australian government services. Technical issues with myGov have prevented online tax lodgement using ATO software resulting in unhappy tax payers venting on social media.

myGov is the Department of Human Services system which was recently demonstrated to have a security flaw which exposed private health and family information.
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both links bad (Score: 1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-05 02:49 (#2BG)

both links are missing the http:// so they direct to pipedot.org/www.*

Re: both links bad (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-05 15:13 (#2BR)

You are absolutely right. I've fixed both of them. Thanks.

Workaround found (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-05 15:55 (#2BV)

From TFA comments: Create a mygov account, link ato, submit tax using etax, delete mygov account.