Are payments to government entities included in PTRS?

Quick answer

No. Payments to government entities are not trade credit arrangements for PTRS purposes and must be excluded from the reporting datasets.

What does this mean?

The Regulator states that payments to government entities, corporate Commonwealth entities and local government bodies are excluded from reporting. The Small Business Identification Tool includes a list of Commonwealth, State and Local Government ABNs that can assist reporting entities with identifying these payments.

Practical point

Government suppliers should be identified deliberately rather than relying only on supplier names. The SBI Tool can help identify government ABNs in the dataset.

Other ways people ask this

• Do payments to government suppliers need to be reported?
• Are council payments included in PTRS?
• Do Commonwealth or State Government invoices count for PTRS?
• How do I identify government suppliers to exclude from PTRS?

Official sources

• Payment Times Reporting Guidance Materials
  Excluded payments – Government and employee payments
  Paragraphs: 115, 116, 117 · Page: 34

Related guidance

• What payments can be excluded from PTRS?
• Are employee payments included in PTRS?
• What is the Small Business Identification Tool?

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