Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Review of the ANAO audit report No.37 1998-99 on the management of Tax File Numbers

The Committee tabled its report Numbers on the run: Review of the ANAO audit report No.37 1998-99 on the management of Tax File Numbers on 28 August 2000. Copies of sections of the report in PDF follow as well as a copy of the full report as a PDF document (349KB). Hardcopies of the full report are available from the Committee Secretariat.

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List of recommendations

Submissions

Transcripts of public hearings

12/04/2000 Canberra
05/04/2000 Canberra
03/04/2000 Canberra
09/03/2000 Canberra
06/03/2000 Canberra
10/02/2000 Sydney
09/12/1999 Canberra
06/12/1999 Canberra

Media releases

Government response: No response to date

TFN audit report (PDF format)

ATO Data and Systems Quality - An ANAO Discussion Paper (PDF format)

Table of contents of report: Numbers on the run: Review of the ANAO audit report No.37 1998-99 on the managment of Tax File Numbers

FRONT SECTION (PDF format 43KB)

(This document contains the sections of the report from the Foreword to the List of recommendations)

FOREWORD

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE

TERMS OF REFERENCE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS (PDF format 14KB)

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION (PDF format 16KB)

Background

ANAO findings

Scope and conduct of the inquiry

CHAPTER 2 – ATO DATA AND SYSTEMS QUALITY (PDF format 49KB)

Historical context

Modernisation

Management culture

Data and systems administartion

Data integrity

Systems quality

Data and systems planning

Whole-of-government approach

CHAPTER 3 – DATA MATCHING (PDF format 54KB)

Data matching and privacy protections

The systematic use of external data bases

Extending data matching to additional data sets

Improving data quality

Reducing fraud

Strategies

The quality of data received

Extending data matching to additional transactions

Data matching with the ABN

CHAPTER 4 – TAX FILE NUMBER REGISTRATION (PDF format 36KB)

ATO registration procedures

Use of information technology

Issuing of TFNs

Alternative means of TFN registration

School registrations

Centrelink registrations

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs registrations

CHAPTER 5 – TAX TREATMENT AND WORK RIGHTS OF NON-RESIDENTS (PDF format 49KB)

Tax treatment of non-residents

Self assessment

Recording and matching visa numbers

Harvest labour

Fraud

Work rights of non-residents

Review of Illegal Workers in Australia: Improving immigration compliance in the workplace

Harvesting Australia: Report of the National Harvest Trail Working Group

CHAPTER 6 – IDENTITY FRAUD AND PROOF OF IDENTITY PROCESSES (PDF format 52KB)

Extent of the problem

Quantifying identity fraud

Administrative responses

ATO internal processes

Commonwealth processes

A broader response

Other Pol techniques

Legislative responses

Recognising identity fraud as a crime

CHAPTER 7 – EXTENDING TAX FILE NUMBER QUOTATION (PDF format 49KB)

Unique numeric identifiers in the public and private sector

Other financial transactions

AUSTRAC transactions

Real estate transactions

Business with government

Mandatory TFN quotation

Client Service Number

CHAPTER 8 – IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER (PDF format 25KB)

ABN Registration

Data and systems quality

Privacy

CHAPTER 9 – CONCLUSIONS (PDF format 19KB)

Context

Findings

Need for action

APPENDIX A - LIST OF SUBMISSIONS (PDF format 12KB)

APPENDIX B - LIST OF EXHIBITS (PDF format 15KB)

APPENDIX C - LIST OF HEARINGS AND WITNESSES (PDF format 15KB)

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