Registration information

Software developers registering for the SBR Program’s XBRL processor software

The Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Program has negotiated an agreement between the Commonwealth and Fujitsu for the supply of XBRL software. Under the agreement, the software can be made available to software developers via a sublicence.

The XBRL processor software "Interstage XWand" may assist software developers to develop end user products for organisations that can create, validate, report, collect, and analyse financial data in XBRL. The Program seeks assurance the supply of the software is to support the development of business software with the purpose to lodge reports via the SBR e-channel to participating SBR agencies.

The supply of the software by the SBR Program will be subject to the following conditions:

a sublicence between the Commonwealth (as represented by the Department of the Treasury) and your organisation must be signed; and
its use is restricted solely for the purpose of enabling financial, accounting or payroll software for your clients who will lodge (SBR in-scope) forms to governments in Australia.
To request a copy of the sublicence, please register by providing your business name and contact details and a statement of intent on how you propose to use these tools in an email to SBR@treasury.gov.au

Software developers registering for the SBR Program’s Software Developers Kit (SDK)

The Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Program has developed and SDK which also includes various APIs and tool sets that can be provided to you free of charges which are controlled by a licence agreement (Software Developer's Licence for Standard Business Reporting).

SBR has been designed to facilitate electronic integration of business interactions required to simplify government reporting requirements. The Identity Management Client (IMClient) is invoked when businesses using their SBR enabled accounting software seeks to list, pre-fill, pre-lodge or lodge a report with an SBR agency via Core Services.
The Reference client file provides software developers with a sample implementation file for Core Services 2010. The Reference client shows software developers how to package the XBRL documents into a SOAP message for transmitting to Core Services.

To request a copy of the licence agreement, please register by providing your business name and contact details in an email to SBR@treasury.gov.au

Software developers registering for the SBR Program’s testing

Depending on which reports you as a software developer choose to support, you can access the appropriate conformance testing suite (package) which contains all the test credentials, cases and activities you are required to complete in order to be eligible to self certify. More information on the SBR Programs testing can be obtained from the SBR website. By registering you can access detailed information on the SBR Program’s test plans and how software developers can be engaged.

Please register by providing your business name and contact details in an email to SBRServiceDesk@ato.gov.au .

Software developers who wish to use the SBR Partner Mark

The SBR Program offers self-certified software developers access to use of the SBR Partner Mark on or in relation to SBR-enabled products. This checklist outlines what you need to do to access the SBR Partner Mark, including contacting SBR for appropriate artwork.

Once registered for the Software Developer's Licence for Standard Business Reporting:

In Schedule 1, make sure you tick the 'Schedule 7: SBR Partner Mark' box so that you are eligible to use the SBR Partner Mark.
Sign your two copies of the Licence and ensure receipt of the co-signed original.
Email SBR to request the SBR Partner Mark artwork, along with your contact details. An SBR representative will contact you to assist with your request and discuss any further support you may require.
Ensure you have fulfilled the SBR self-certification requirements.
Apply the SBR Partner Mark in accordance with the terms and conditions of Schedule 7 of the Licence.