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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