14 September 2026 at 11:31 am #20539
Under the current ATO guideline if the evidence is insufficient e.g the platform is unaudited and no other evidence can be provided it is both Part A & Part B.
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Few of the platforms you can ask client to authorise you to request the balance report directly from the platform however this does not change the internal control issues of those platforms. if they are held in offline cold wallet ledger then there will be a public key or wallet address to verify then in the crypto chain.