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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 2008–09)
Published: Wednesday 20 May 2009
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of the Tax Office's strategies to address serious non-compliance. In conducting the audit, the ANAO examined the Tax Office's management framework and arrangements to deter, detect and deal with fraud and serious evasion.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2008–09)
Published: Wednesday 20 May 2009
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Office's administration of the PRRT. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) identified four key areas for review: general administration; compliance; promoting certainty in administering the PRRT; and governance arrangements.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2008–09)
Published: Wednesday 22 April 2009
Published
The objective of the audit was to examine the quality and integrity of DVA's income support records and to report on the effectiveness of the department's management of the data and how it impacts on service delivery.
Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2008–09)
Published: Tuesday 10 February 2009
Published
This audit focused on the approval of business system projects -projects aiming to achieve a business objective such as reduced costs or to implement a new program, in contrast with projects with a narrower technology focus such as replacing an agencyʹs desktop computers.
Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Health and Ageing; Department of Veterans' Affairs
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2008–09)
Published: Monday 22 December 2008
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the BCM practices and procedures within the Tax Office in preparing for, or responding to, disruptions to ‘business as usual' operations.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2008–09)
Published: Thursday 4 December 2008
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively FaHCSIA and DEEWR have undertaken their roles and responsibilities for specialist disability employment services under the current (third) CSTDA.
Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 55 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 23 June 2005
Published
The objective of the audit was to consider the status of workforce planning by APS agencies against the background of the ANAO's 2001 Better Practice Guide Planning for the Workforce of the Future, in light of there commendations made in the MAC Organisational Renewal 2001 and the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report Recruitmentand Training in the Australian Public Service 2003. Workforce planning was defined as a continuous process of shaping the workforce to ensure it is capable of delivering organisational objectives now and in the future.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 53 of 2004–05)
Published: Tuesday 21 June 2005
Published
The objective of the audit was to express an opinion on the effectiveness of HOP management having regard to: compliance with applicable Australian Government policies; compliance with internal guidelines to assist loans officers to assess applications and manage loans; and programme performance reporting.
Entity
Indigenous Business Australia
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2004–05)
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
Published
The objectives of the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) performance audit were to: examine the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies' procurement and management of legal services arrangements; determine adherence to Australian Government policy requirements; examine the effectiveness of the OLSC's monitoring of agencies' compliance with Government policy requirements; examine the OLSC's role in assisting agencies to comply with Government policy.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 2 June 2005
Published
The objectives of the audit were to:determine whether entities had established effective internal control frameworks and processes to mitigate the risks associated with FBT obligations and transactions;assess whether the internal control frameworks and processes supported the payment of FBT and the reporting of reportable fringe benefit amounts (RFBAs) on employee payment summaries in accordance with the legislation;identify sound and better practices in the administration, management and operation of systems for collecting, collating, calculating, reporting and remitting FBT; and as necessary, recommend improvements in the controls and practices relating to the administration of FBT in the audited entities.
Entity
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Department of Defence; Australian Taxation Office