GoRoute Is Now an ATO-Accredited Australian Peppol Service Provider

The accreditation in one sentence

GoRoute — the trading name of ClayDesk LLC, OpenPeppol Service Provider ID POP000991 — has been accredited by the Australian Peppol Authority (the ATO) as an Australian Peppol service provider in July 2026, with testbed conformance passed for PINT A-NZ Billing invoices, credit notes and A-NZ self-billing. For a primer on the wider rollout, see the Peppol e-invoicing Australia guide.

What was accredited

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is Australia's Peppol Authority: it accredits the Access Point and SMP service providers that operate on the network. GoRoute's accreditation covers the profiles that matter for Australian trade today.

PINT A-NZ Billing — the invoice and credit note transactions.
A-NZ self-billing — where the buyer raises the invoice on the supplier's behalf.

These are the current mandatory profiles. Since 15 May 2025 the legacy A-NZ (ANZ Peppol BIS) profiles are no longer supported — PINT A-NZ only — so passing the testbed against the PINT A-NZ artefacts is what counts. If the difference between the two matters to you, the Peppol vs PINT explainer sets it out.

What it means for Australian customers

Accreditation is a signal of trust. The ATO vets each provider against a technical and operational bar before it can carry live traffic on the Australian network. Sending through an accredited Australian Peppol service provider means:

Your invoices are exchanged as valid PINT A-NZ documents, not a wrong-profile variant that fails at the receiver.
You are connecting through a provider the tax authority recognises, which matters when you supply Commonwealth or state government buyers.
The directory (SMP) registration that lets counterparties find you is handled by an accredited party.

The ATO targeted 30% of invoices received via eInvoicing by 1 July 2026, with automated processing and sending enabled by December 2026. If you are a supplier acting on that now, the practical step is to connect through an accredited provider — how to choose one walks through the decision.

The trans-Tasman next step

Australia and New Zealand jointly govern PINT A-NZ (ATO plus New Zealand's MBIE) and run a joint trans-Tasman approach. One accredited provider can serve both countries through mutual recognition.

GoRoute is separately pursuing New Zealand mutual accreditation with MBIE. For trans-Tasman traders, that is the point: one integration, one accredited provider, both markets — rather than a separate connector on each side of the Tasman.

The obligations we take on

Accreditation is not a one-off badge. As an accredited provider, GoRoute is bound by ongoing duties to the Australian Peppol Authority:

Report security incidents within 4 hours of identification.
Submit to an annual review — GoRoute's review date is 31 July.
Notify the Authority of significant business or product changes.

Those obligations sit on top of GoRoute's existing ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO 22301:2019 certifications, so the incident-reporting and continuity discipline was already in place.

What we did not change

The underlying integration is the same REST API GoRoute customers already use. Accreditation adds Australian recognition and the PINT A-NZ testbed conformance; it does not fork the product into a separate Australian stack. You map your data once, validate against the PINT A-NZ artefacts, and exchange over the four-corner network — with Australia handled as part of a wider programme.

A readiness checklist for AU suppliers

[ ] Confirm you need to send or receive e-invoices for your buyers (government or private).
[ ] Connect through an ATO-accredited Australian Peppol service provider.
[ ] Ensure your documents are PINT A-NZ, not legacy A-NZ or European BIS.
[ ] Register your participant identifier in the SMP so counterparties can find you.
[ ] If you trade across the Tasman, plan for mutual recognition rather than a second provider.

How GoRoute helps

GoRoute (POP000991) is a certified Peppol Access Point and SMP and now an ATO-accredited Australian Peppol service provider. Testbed conformance is passed for PINT A-NZ invoices, credit notes and self-billing, and New Zealand mutual accreditation is in progress — so a single integration is designed to reach both sides of the Tasman. You map your data once, validate before sending, and exchange over one REST API. Book a demo.

Sources: ATO — eInvoicing; OpenPeppol.

Frequently asked questions

Is GoRoute an accredited Australian Peppol service provider?

Yes. GoRoute (ClayDesk LLC, OpenPeppol Service Provider ID POP000991) was accredited by the Australian Peppol Authority — the ATO — as an Australian Peppol service provider in July 2026. Testbed conformance passed for PINT A-NZ Billing invoices and credit notes, plus A-NZ self-billing.

What does ATO accreditation mean for GoRoute customers?

It means GoRoute is recognised by the Australian Taxation Office as meeting the technical and operational bar to operate on the Australian Peppol network. Australian customers can send and receive PINT A-NZ e-invoices through an accredited provider rather than an unvetted one.

What testbed conformance did GoRoute pass?

GoRoute passed the Australian Peppol Authority testbed for PINT A-NZ Billing — covering the invoice and credit note transactions — and for A-NZ self-billing. These are the current mandatory profiles after the legacy A-NZ profiles were retired.

Does GoRoute's accreditation cover New Zealand as well?

Not automatically. GoRoute is separately pursuing New Zealand mutual accreditation with MBIE, New Zealand's Peppol Authority. Because AU and NZ run a joint trans-Tasman approach on PINT A-NZ, one accredited provider can ultimately serve both countries via mutual recognition.

What obligations come with ATO accreditation?

An accredited provider must report security incidents to the Australian Peppol Authority within 4 hours of identification, undergo an annual review, and notify the Authority of significant business or product changes. GoRoute's annual review date is 31 July.

Is GoRoute a certified Peppol Access Point and SMP?

Yes. Alongside the ATO accreditation, GoRoute is a certified Peppol Access Point and SMP (POP000991), and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO 22301:2019 certifications.

What is PINT A-NZ?

PINT A-NZ is the Australia-New Zealand specialisation of the international Peppol PINT model, based on Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and jointly governed by the ATO and MBIE. It is not interchangeable with European BIS Billing 3.0.