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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

AMAS

Address Matching Approval System

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

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


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