Learn how to access the Transaction Reports menu and what the administration, preference and reports menus do.

On this page

• Administration menu
• Preferences menu
• Reports menu

The Transaction Reports menu option allows you to access and submit AML/CTF transaction reports: 

1. Select Reporting from the menu.
2. Select Transaction Reports. This will take you to the AUSTRAC Online Transaction Reporting page to submit transaction reports.

3. Select the Plus icon to expand the Transaction Reporting menu to access the following sub-menu items:

• Administration
• Reports.

Administration menu

The Administration menu display varies depending on your user access level settings. 

1. Select the Plus icon to expand and view your preferences.
2. Select Administration to access:

• Secure messages
• Function access maintenance.

Preferences menu

The Preferences menu allows you to choose settings or preferences for your user account, such as the:

• auto save interval for reports
• number of reports/rows per exported spreadsheet
• number of items/rows per page to be displayed in a list. 

To edit your preferences: 

1. Change the value in the fields provided.
2. Select Save.

Reports menu

The Reports menu options are based on your user access level settings. You may have one or more of the below options displayed:

• Create/amend reports
• Report file upload
• Receipts.

Select the Plus (+) icon to expand the menu options or select Reports to go directly to Create/amend reports.

Create/amend reports

Create/amend reports provide the access point to create and submit transaction report types relevant to your business. Access to the report types depends on your business’ details and the designated services your business provides.

Types of reports

There is one report type available under section 41 – reports of suspicious matters:

• Suspicious Matter Report (SMR)

There are 4 report types available under section 43 – reports of threshold transactions:

• Threshold Transaction Report $10,000 or more – Financial and Bullion Services (TTR-FBS)
• Threshold Transaction Report $10,000 or more – Gambling Services (TTR-GS)
• Threshold Transaction Report $10,000 or more – Investment/superannuation/insurance (TTR-ISI)
• Threshold Transaction Report $10,000 or more – Money Services Businesses (TTR-MSB)

There are 2 report types available under section 45 – reports of international funds transfer instructions:

• International Electronic Funds Transfer Instruction Report (IFTI-E)
• International Funds Transfer Instruction Report under a Designated Remittance Arrangement (IFTI-DRA).

This is a typical create/amend reports display for a financial services business:

This is a typical create/amend reports display for the gambling sector:

This is a typical create/amend reports display for a remittance service provider:

Create/amend report options

The create/amend reports option allows you to:

• Enter data for a single report type by selecting Create in the ‘Single report’ column.
• Enter data for multiple reports of the same type via a spreadsheet by selecting Create in the ‘Spreadsheet’ column.
• Review and amend incomplete reports you’ve saved but not submitted by selecting the number in the ‘Incomplete’ column.
• Review and amend reports awaiting approval from a user within your business by selecting the number in the ‘Awaiting Approval’ column.
• Review and amend Reports Requiring Further Action (RRFA) by selecting the number in the ‘Returned by AUSTRAC’ column.
• Define and save default values for information that remains the same between each report by selecting Default in the ‘Default’ column.

Learn more about various reporting methods, such as data entry and spreadsheet reporting in Reporting methods.