SBR in SuperStream

John McAlisterStandard Business ReportingMarch 2011

Overview

Why is SBR relevant for SuperStream? What is SBR? The key components of SBR

– Taxonomy: definitional and reporting– Core Services– Authentication

SBR and SuperStream

Why is SBR relevant for SuperStream?

Cooper recommended that these standards should address transactions between employer and fund, fund and member, and between funds.

The Government supports this recommendation, noting that SBR compatible standards should be considered.

What is SBR?

Standard Business Reporting (SBR) is an Australian Government initiative to reduce the business-to-government reporting burden. This major whole-of-government project streamlines business-to-government reporting through their SBR-enabled accounting/payroll software and will save business time and money.

Using SBR-enabled software will allow Australian businesses to prepare and lodge key government forms directly from their software to SBR partner agencies. Businesses will need to register for an AUSkey which will allow them to send reports via SBR.

Primary aims of SBR – where the savings are

Standards to reduce cost to business

Single language to report to government

Harmonisation and reduction of reported data

Ability to map/attach meaning to business and financial data

Reporting data becomes a by-product of normal business record keeping/accounting processes

Have reports pre-filled in business software

As far as possible – automate the reporting process

Secondary aims

Send reports electronically, directly from business software

Real time lodgment

Receipt and/or meaningful error messages

The components of SBRDefinitional taxonomy

Reporting taxonomy

MESSAGING INFRASTRUCTURE

Business software Agency

Core Services

COMMON LANGUAGE

STANDARD FORMAT

Web

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Web

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PRESENT IN STANDARD

FORMAT

REGISTRATION AND ASSERTION

AUTHENTICATION TOKEN

AUSkey

Taxonomy

The SBR taxonomy has two main parts– Definitional taxonomy– Reporting taxonomies

Definitional – dictionary of agreed terms that comprise the common language

Reporting taxonomy – specific structures (expressed in the common language) for the exchange of data

Information Classification A

A.1

A.2

B.1

B.2

…

Agency X

Report X.1

Report X.2

Agency Y Agency …

Report Y.1

Report Y.2

Definitional Taxonomy

Reporting Taxonomies

Define the concept once…

… re-use on many reports

Address Wages & Salaries

Information Classification B

Definition & Reporting Taxonomy

Core Services

Provides the infrastructure to facilitate transfer of messages between businesses and agencies.

Operates as a ‘post office’, directing messages through a single channel from any business to multiple government agencies.

Maintains the privacy of each data transaction. Uses web standards

– open standards for transport, messaging, description and security

– standards documented in Software Developer’s Kit, in particular the Web Services Implementation Guide (WIG)

– web services: List, Pre-fill, Pre-lodge, and Lodge

Core Services

COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE

Intermediary

Business

GOVERNMENTBUSINESS

BCOA

TAXON

OMY

COMPUTER INSTALLED WITH “SBR COMPATIBLE” ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE

PACKAGE

COMPUTER INSTALLED WITH “SBR COMPATIBLE” ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE

PACKAGE

Report ATO

Report

SRO.

Report

ASICResponse

Reponses

UPDATE AND USE

SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORM

TAXONOMYDEVELOPMENT

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IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

REGISTRYSERVICE

SB

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DESIGN INTEGRATION ASSURANCE IT OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Supports

AgenciesCore Services

BCOA

TAXON

OMY

Response

Bespoke solutions, SBR enabled

Computer installed with SBR compatible software

Fund / Intermediary

BUSINESS / FUND

Authentication

AUSkey

Single secure credential to authenticate businesses lodging reports via SBR

Available via the Australian Business Register

Balance between useability and security

SBR and SuperStream

What do we mean when we say ‘SBR compatible’?– Common reporting language– Report structure for reporting to Government

Can be re-used for other reporting– Standard interfaces

Revisiting the components of SBRDefinitional taxonomy

Reporting taxonomy

MESSAGING INFRASTRUCTURE

Business software Agency

Core Services

COMMON LANGUAGE

STANDARD FORMAT

Web

sta

nda

rds

Web

sta

nda

rds

PRESENT IN STANDARD

FORMAT

AUSkeyREGISTRATION AND ASSERTION

AUTHENTICATION TOKEN

Models for SBR compatibility: 1Definitional taxonomy

Reporting taxonomy

MESSAGING INFRASTRUCTURE

Core Services

COMMON LANGUAGE

STANDARD FORMAT

Web

sta

nda

rds

Web

sta

nda

rds

PRESENT IN STANDARD

FORMAT

Sender ReceiverIndustry managed

infrastructure

AUSkeyREGISTRATION AND ASSERTION

AUTHENTICATION TOKEN

Models for SBR compatibility: 2Definitional taxonomy

Reporting taxonomy

MESSAGING INFRASTRUCTURE

Core Services

COMMON LANGUAGE

STANDARD FORMAT

Web

sta

nda

rds

Web

sta

nda

rds

PRESENT IN STANDARD

FORMAT

Sender Receiver

AUSkeyREGISTRATION AND ASSERTION

AUTHENTICATION TOKEN

Summary

Government intent is to re-use SBR to deliver SuperStream.

SBR offers many benefits in standardising information exchange.

There are various models that could be used to deliver SuperStream through SBR.

The advice of this group will help Government determine which is the best model to implement.