- Style guide is a set of standards for ATO officers when writing documents
- ATO staff refer to legislation in a specific way
- Legislation should be cited with the short title of the Act
- Different elements of legislation may need to be included in citations
- Abbreviations for legislation should be used consistently
- Referring to an Act in an abbreviated form should be done after the first citation
- Care should be taken to use meaningful abbreviations for Acts
- When abbreviating Acts with similar abbreviations, clarity is important
Source: ato.gov.au
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
