Australian Taxation Office

Australian Taxation Office

About this app

The ATO app allows you to manage your tax and super affairs on the go – making tax simple & easy.

A myGov account linked to the ATO is required for a personalised tax and super experience.

With the ATO app, you can:
- follow your 2023-24 tax return from start to finish, including checking prefill information, tracking the progress of your return and its outcome
- view in real-time when lodgments and payments are due, and seamlessly action them via ATO Online
- set up streamlined and secure login using your device’s security features like face and fingerprint recognition
- view your tax accounts, with links to ATO Online to view transactions, create payment plans or pay
- see an overview of your super balance and accounts
- view your employment income and superannuation contributions required from your employers
- check your personal, business (sole traders only) and registered agent’s details
- access our most popular tools.

Our most popular tools include:
- myDeductions: record your work expenses as an employee or sole trader. Sole traders can also record income. At tax time you can easily upload your myDeductions records to your tax return or email a copy to your tax agent.
- Tax withheld calculator: calculate the amount of tax to withhold from salary and wage payments.
- ABN Lookup: search for an Australian business number (ABN).
- Business performance check: compare your business with similar businesses in your industry using the latest Small business benchmarks.

The ATO app can automatically send usage data to help improve the app. The data we collect doesn’t identify you and you can choose to turn this off at any time in your app’s settings.

GPS can be used to record trips in myDeductions. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Find out more at www.ato.gov.au/app

Ratings and reviews

Barely functional. Rarely log in works as it should. I would have thought that there would be better IT experts employed by the government to resolve what are basic issues/problems with the app. Update: Had a prompt reply from the developer asking for clarification of the problem. By that time, the glitches had miraculously been resolved. Alex, thank you for your prompt reply to my review.

I like the interface of the app, but honestly I find it absolutely baffling that the MyDeductions section only allows the upload of photos and not documents, as most invoices come in PDF form and not JPEG.

I am unhappy that I seem to only be able to enter deductions through the use of a smart device and I can't enter them on my laptop as I have done for years. I have found this very inconvenient.

What's new

The ATO app has been updated for Tax Time to help you manage tax and super on the go. From 1 July 2024 you can:

- follow your 2023-24 tax return from start to finish
- check available prefill information before you lodge and easily track the progress and outcome of your return
- upload your myDeductions records to the ATO for prefill into your 2023-24 tax return
- view updated rates and thresholds for the 2024-25 financial year.