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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
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Staff Reductions in the Australian Public Service

The objective was to assess the extent to which staff reductions have been managed in a sound strategic and cost-effective manner consistent with the Government's guidelines and the ANAO's 1996 better practice guide Managing APS Staff Reductions. The audit focussed on 3 agencies - the Australian Taxation Office, the former Department of Primary Industry and Energy, and the former Department of Transport and Regional Development. The ANAO found that the majority of staff reductions were achieved through retrenchment rather than natural attrition; and that decisions on the number of retrenchments were not always supported by an assessment of the impact of the reductions on the agencies' abilities to conduct their business.

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Public Service and Merit Protection Commission and Other Agencies
Sector 
Energy
Industry
Regional Development
Taxation
Transport
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 1998–99)
Published: Wednesday 2 June 1999
Published

Food Safety Regulation in Australia Follow-up-Audit

The audit is a follow-up to Audit Report 12, 1995-96 Risk Management by Commonwealth Consumer Product Safety Regulators. The objectives of this follow-up audit were to determine the extent to which ANZFA had implemented the agreed recommendations contained in the 1995 Audit Report, and to determine the effectiveness of the implemented recommendations in improving food safety regulation.

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Australian New Zealand Food Authority
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Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 1998–99)
Published: Wednesday 5 May 1999
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Management of Tax File Numbers

The purpose of the report was to report to the Parliament on how effectively and efficiently the Australian Taxation Office administers the Tax File Number System, and to identify opportunities for improvement of that system. The ANAO developed a methodological framework for the evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the ATO's administration of the TFN system. The framework examined the TFN system; individuals and their TFNs; TFN withholding tax arrangements; and TFN information matching.

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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 1998–99)
Published: Wednesday 28 April 1999
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Pay-As-You-Earn Taxation-Administration of Employer Responsibilities

The objective of the audit was to assess key aspects of the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the PAYE system in relation to employers' remittances and to identify opportunities for improvement. The audit focussed on four areas:

  • remittance monitoring, especially managing late remittances;
  • follow-up action for end of year reconciliation, including discrepancies;
  • handling compliance intelligence gained from the public; and
  • ATO compliance projects.
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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 1998–99)
Published: Monday 19 April 1999
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Service Pension

The audit objective was to determine the DVA's performance in the economy, efficiency and administrative effectiveness of the delivery of income support payments to veterans and war widows. It was found that overall, DVA is paying the correct pension to the correct people in a timely fashion within the required accuracy levels.

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Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Defence
Veterans' Affairs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 1998–99)
Published: Wednesday 31 March 1999
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Fringe Benefits Tax

The objective of the audit was to ascertain and report to Parliament on the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the Fringe Benefits Tax and to identify opportunities for improvement. The ANAO identified five key issues relevant to the effective administration of FBT:

  • knowledge of the taxpayer base;
  • education of taxpayers;
  • client service - advice handling;
  • other enforcement activities - audits and reviews; and
  • the systems required to support the administration of FBT, including staff skills and training information systems.
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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 1998–99)
Published: Monday 8 March 1999
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Agency Management of Parliamentary Workflow

The purpose of the audit was to assess whether management of parliamentary workflow by the agencies reviewed was efficient and effective and to identify elements of good practice. In assessing agency effectiveness and efficiency, the audit focussed on issues of client service such as timeliness, quality and cost. It considered also the governance framework and accountability arrangements relevant to parliamentary workflow, as well as more operational considerations including the use of information technology, development of relevant management information and suitable benchmarking processes.

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Centrelink; Department of Defence; Department of Family and Community Services; Department of Health and Aged Care
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 15 December 1998
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Getting Over the Line: Selected Commonwealth Bodies' Management of the Year 2000 Problem.

The audit reviewed six budget-funded agencies (Australian Customs Service, Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink, Department of Defence, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) and two off-budget entities (Airservices Australia and Reserve Bank of Australia). The ANAO also examined the Office for Government Online's (OGO, formerly the Office of Government Information Technology, or OGIT) whole-of-government coordination of the Commonwealth's Year 2000 efforts.

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Australian Customs Service; Australian Taxation Office; Centrelink; Department of Defence; Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs; Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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Customs
Defence
Education
Immigration
Taxation
Training
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 8 December 1998
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Planning of Aged Care

The objective of the audit was to form an opinion on the administrative effectiveness and efficiency of DHAC's processes for planning the Commonwealth's Aged and Community Care program, in particular, on the questions of how well the planning process has contributed to realising the program objectives of achieving an equitable distribution of places between regions, and selecting suitable service providers.

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Department of Health and Aged Care
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Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 1998–99)
Published: Thursday 12 November 1998
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Prescribed Payments System

The objective of the audit was to ascertain and report to the Parliament on the ATO's administration of PPS and to identify opportunities for improvement. Four key compliance issues were identified: reporting PPS income, claiming PPS credits, remitting PPS income, claiming PPS credits, remitting PPS deductions, and managing PPS exemptions and variations. In addition, the following key aspects were considered: PPS risk assessments, coordination of PPS administration between the Small Business Income and Withholding & Indirect Taxes business lines, and PPS compliance project performance information.

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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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