Online-selling data matching

The ATO has obtained data from eBay Australia and Trading Post Australia to assess the level of taxation compliance of individuals and businesses that sell goods or services online.

The data identifies members of online selling sites who are involved in selling goods and services of a total value greater than $20,000 in any of the past three financial years: 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10.

This data is electronically matched with the ATO's own data, and the ATO will contact individuals and  businesses that they identify as being at risk of running part of their business off the books, or in other ways not reporting all their income, to encourage them to make a voluntary disclosure of any under reported amounts.