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  From: Andrew Pullin <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>
  To  : Robert Wuttke" <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>, <darylp@pc-therapist.com.au>, <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:54:35 +1000

Re: GST & the ATO

Oh bugger, I forgot about that. Oops, I'm dead. <Clunk.
(Again)>


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Wuttke <robert.wuttke@disc.com.au>
To: Andrew Pullin <andrew@hotspurbgc.com.au>;
darylp@pc-therapist.com.au <darylp@pc-therapist.com.au>;
linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Date: Thursday, 29 June 2000 17:02
Subject: 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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