ATO Electronic Lodgment Service (ELS) has for a long time been the lodgment gateway for tax professionals to submit compliance and regulatory reports to the tax office on behalf of clients via software providers. The days of using ELS software are now numbered as ATO replaces ELS with Standard Business Reporting (SBR) from April 2017 and by the new term, Practitioner Lodgment Service (PLS).
GovReports simplifies compliance processes using in-built digital authentication capability to electronically sign then lodge ATO returns and financial reports, securely.
To maintain margins, improve client relationships and free up time for value adding services, BAS and Tax Agents are leveraging cloud apps that streamline compliance processes. In this article, we’ll explore the top 4 benefits of electronic signatures or digital authentication.