ATO Rate Scraping Skill

Extracts current tax rates, thresholds, and benchmarks from official Australian government sources. Uses Jina AI Reader API to convert ATO web pages into structured rate data with full provenance tracking.

When to Use

• Validating that cached tax rates match current ATO publications
• Detecting quarterly fuel tax credit rate changes
• Confirming annual rate updates (Div 7A benchmark, SG rate, FBT rates)
• Verifying IAWO threshold after federal budget announcements
• Populating rate tables for new financial years
• Cross-checking rate fallback values in analysis engines

Scraping Method

Use the Jina AI Reader API to fetch and parse ATO pages:

curl "https://r.jina.ai/https://www.ato.gov.au/[rate-page-path]" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JINA_API_KEY"

The Jina Reader converts pages to clean markdown, stripping navigation and ads. Rate tables are preserved as markdown tables for structured extraction.

Rate Source Registry

Primary Sources

Rate	Source URL	Update Schedule	Extraction Pattern
Individual Tax Brackets	ato.gov.au/tax-rates-and-codes/tax-rates-australian-residents	Annual (1 Jul)	Table: Taxable income / Tax on this income
Corporate Tax Rate	ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/income-deductions-and-concessions/income-tax-rate	Annual (Budget)	Paragraph: "The full company tax rate is..."
Division 7A Benchmark	ATO Tax Determinations (annual)	Annual (before 1 Jul)	TD title: "Income tax: Division 7A benchmark interest rate"
Fuel Tax Credits	ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/income-deductions-and-concessions/incentives-and-concessions/fuel-schemes/fuel-tax-credits-business/rates-all-fuels	Quarterly	Table: Fuel type / Rate per litre / Period
SG Rate	ato.gov.au/businesses-and-organisations/super-for-employers/how-much-to-pay	Annual (legislated)	Table: Period / SG rate percentage