software lodgment permissions were at Confirmed with ELS take-on. the level of Software Product and Form and Version (year). 14/11 – 07 Distribute (on 16th November to all PLS Deanne McPaul Closed 16 November 2016: Transition Round Table Participants) a Distributed to members via email. draft of the intended communications for Tax agents about the “extension of ELS”. 14/11 – 05 Create software based case studies of Lesley Slevin Closed 28 November 2016: (Future of the Tax PLS users (to challenge negative Based on feedback from practitioners and developers, ATO is Profession Working perceptions of PLS by exposing the real aiming to avoid promoting features that are specific to Group) experience of agents already using SBR individual software, and as such, do not believe that enabled software i.e. highlight good case studies would be an appropriate communication experiences to assist in building product at this time. confidence in PLS for both agents and We will continue to promote the benefits of PLS and real developers). experiences through our videos, speaking notes, webcasts and web content. If there are any software-specific case studies established through the engagement activities, we can share these with specific developers for them to promote with their users. August 2016: Measuring tax practitioner engagement with the new PLS transition commenced in mid-July 2016 through our PLS Engagement team’s telephone and site visit contacts with the tax practitioner community. Many practitioners are still in early stages of ‘transitioning’ to PLS. As a result, distinct persona groups and their practical experience with PLS are currently being established. We will begin to develop case study profiles from more comprehensive insights from late September for presentation
software lodgment permissions were at the level of Software Product and Form and Version (year). Confirmed with ELS take-on. 14/11 – 07 Distribute (on 16th November to all PLS Transition Round Table Participants) a draft of the intended communications for Tax agents about the “extension of ELS”. Deanne McPaul Closed 16 November 2016: Distributed to members via email. 14/11 – 05 Create software based case studies of PLS users (to challenge negative perceptions of PLS by exposing the real experience of agents already using SBR enabled software i.e. highlight good experiences to assist in building confidence in PLS for both agents and developers). Lesley Slevin (Future of the Tax Profession Working Group) Closed 28 November 2016: Based on feedback from practitioners and developers, ATO is aiming to avoid promoting features that are specific to individual software, and as such, do not believe that case studies would be an appropriate communication product at this time. We will continue to promote the benefits of PLS and real experiences through our videos, speaking notes, webcasts and web content. If there are any software-specific case studies established through the engagement activities, we can share these with specific developers for them to promote with their users. August 2016: Measuring tax practitioner engagement with the new PLS transition commenced in mid-July 2016 through our PLS Engagement team’s telephone and site visit contacts with the tax practitioner community. Many practitioners are still in early stages of ‘transitioning’ to PLS. As a result, distinct persona groups and their practical experience with PLS are currently being established. We will begin to develop case study profiles from more comprehensive insights from late September for presentation
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