Glossary
The commonly used acronyms and TASScronyms explained.
On this page, you will find a list of abbreviations and terms used throughout the TASS Knowledge Base.
Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
ABN | Australian Business Number |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
AMAS | Address Matching Approval System |
ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
ASR | Attendance Self Registration |
ATO | Australian Tax Office |
BAS | Business activity statements |
BOSSS | Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BOS) (NSW) |
CD | Commercial Debtors Online Payment Portal |
DOL | Date of Leaving |
EAP | Education Adjustment Program (QLD) |
EC | Extra Curricular |
EP | Electronic Payments |
EOY | End of year |
ETP | Employment Termination Payment |
FFPOS | Full-Fee Paying Overseas Student |
FIN | Financial Administration |
FBT | Fringe Benefits Tax |
FTE | Full-Time Equivalent (Payroll Statistics) |
GL | General Ledger |
HELP | Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) (ATO) |
INB | Individual Non-Business (Payment) |
IA Lock | Internet Access Lock |
ISR | Illness Self Registration |
LBOTE | Languages Background Other Than English |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LMS | Learning Management System, also known as Staff Kiosk Assesssment. |
LUI | Learner Unique Identifier (QCAA) |
MCEECDYA | Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs |
NCCD | National Consistency Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (Aus) |
NESA | NSW Education Standards Authority (Formerly BOS) |
OSG | Overall Subject Grade |
PC | Pastoral Care |
PHR | Payroll/HRM |
PIA | Parent Lounge |
PL | Parent Lounge |
PO | Purchase Order |
PRW | Payroll (Gateway) |
PTI | Parent-Teacher Interviews |
QCAA | Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority |
QCE | Queensland Certificate of Education |
QSA | Queensland Studies Authority, now known as the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. |
SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
SAD | Student Administration |
SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
SC | Student Cafe (also TSC) |
SCSA | School Curriculum and Standards Authority (WA) |
SDCS | Student Data Capture System (QCAA) |
SFA | Split Family Access |
SFR | Sports Fixtures and Results |
SFSS | Student Financial Supplement Scheme (ATO) |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SSL | Student Start-up Loan (SSL) (ATO) |
SSO | Single Sign-On |
STATS | Student Attendance System |
STP | Single Touch Payroll |
TASS IMS | Information Management System |
TBD | Business Directory |
TIA | Teacher/Staff Kiosk |
TK | Teacher Kiosk/Staff Kiosk |
TSC | Student Cafe (also SC) |
TSL | Trade Support Loan (TSL) (ATO) |
TW | TASS.web |
TWB | WebBook |
UD | User Defined |
USI | Unique Student Identifier for VET registered students |
UTW | (Microsoft Data Sync ?) |
VET | Vocational Education and Training |
WACE | Western Australian Certificate of Education |
WASSA | Western Australian Statement of Student Attainment |
WB | webBook |
YTD | Year-to-Date |