The ATO has advised that it will acquire rental bond data from state and territory rental bond regulators bi-annually for the 2023–24 through to the 2025–26 financial years.
The data items include:
Individual client details:
- landlord and tenant including
(names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, unique identifier for the landlord, bank account for landlord)
Managing agent identification details including
(business names, addresses, contact names, email addresses, phone numbers, unique identifier of the managing agent).
Property details:
– rental property address
– period of lease
– commencement of lease
– expiration of lease
– amount of rental bond held
– number of weeks the rental bond is for
– amount of rent payable for each period
– period of rental payments (weekly, fortnightly, monthly)
– type of dwelling
– number of bedrooms
– unique identifier of the rental property
– bond number
– bond lodgment date
– bond status
– bond refunded date
– amount of bond refunded
– amount of bond refunded to tenant and, or landlord
– unclaimed bond.
They expect to collect data on approximately 2.2 million individuals each financial year.
See also ATO Rental bond data-matching program protocol, here.