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  From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  To  : Andrew Pullin" <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>, <darylp@pc-therapist.com.au>, <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:07:31 +0930

Re: GST & the ATO

Dear Andrew,

You realise that just by remembering the phone number and having the
presence of mind to call them when you realised your mistake, would probably
have you certified as sane and therefore unfit to bow before the alter of
The Tux.

May Tux have mercy on your soul..

Rob.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Pullin" <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>
To: <darylp@pc-therapist.com.au>; <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: GST & the ATO


> Hi All,
>     I received my "ATO Electronic Commerce Interface" for
> "The New Tax System" yesterday. Amongst other things on the
> wrap that comes with it , it says :
>
>     "Apple Macintosh and Unix (TM) versions of the ECI
> Client Software are in the final stages of development and
> expected to be available in the near future. Please contact
> ESD Technical Support to arrange for a copy of the version
> you require to be sent to you once it is available."
>
>     On further enquiry as to if this meant a version would
> be available for Linux I was informed "yes" by the
> consultant and promptly ordered one. So is this still
> "anti-competitive"? I await to see how long it takes, but is
> seems to me that the government _May_ have got it right this
> time (well the Tax Office anyhow).
>     Cheers!
>         Andrew.
>
> P.S. Oh GOD! I just stuck up for the Tax Office AND the
> GOVERNMENT all in one sentence. I have already rang the
> Psychiatrist and he is sending around some nice men with a
> special jacket with funny sleeves.......hahaha.....Bill
> Gates is my hero!....HAHAHA.....The check is in the
> mail.....HAhaHAha........BANG!...Clunk CLUNK!............
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daryl Pilkington <darylp@senet.com.au>
> To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
> Date: Thursday, 29 June 2000 13:02
> Subject: GST & the ATO
>
>
> >Greetings,
> >It seems to lodge your BAS with the ATO electronically &
> other things
> >you must have Win95x/NT4 & the Microsoft Java virtual
> machine,
> >(Microsoft & Java:- there's an oxymoron for you).
> >Banks are doing it too. I really have had enough of this
> sort of
> >rubbish.
> >The industry best-practice is to go for
> platform-independence on the
> >client-side.
> >
> >I was talking to my new house-mate solicitor who happens to
> be an
> >E-Commerce law specialist & mentioned forcing your clients
> to use
> >brand-x
> >support product for your services is illegal.
> >
> >I can't remember the exact term she used, but it is a
> recognised
> >anti-competitive business practice.
> >I'll be looking at what avenues can be used to rectify this
> situation,
> >(ATO Ombudsmen, ACCC, my local MP...)
> >Anyone like to offer their support/suggestions/comments?
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >
> >Daryl  Pilkington
> >
> >//// The PC Therapist, Business Computing Integration
> >O<O  AUSTRALIA
> >\_/
> ><O>  OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2
> >     IBM Certified Systems Expert
> >
> >        email: darylp@pc-therapist.com.au
> >          Tel: +61-414-327-957
> >Fax/Voicemail: +61-416-991-462
> >
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