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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 63 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 30 June 2003
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Commonwealth's administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS) . The audit reviewed program governance, scheme promotion and registration, management of credit allocations, and compliance processes.
Entity
Department of Industry Tourism and Resources; Australian Customs Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 59 of 2002–03)
Published: Friday 27 June 2003
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As part of the Government's Taxation Reform Initiatives, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was given responsibility for implementing the Australian Business Number (ABN) and Australian Business Register (ABR) initiatives. The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of the ABN registration process and the ATO's implementation and management of the ABR.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 57 of 2002–03)
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2003
Published
The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the payment of tax by non-residents. The audit objectives were to:
- provide Parliament with assurance about how efficiently and effectively the ATO administers the payment of tax in respect of non-residents;
- identify any scope for more effective and efficient administration of the function; and
- identify any opportunities for the cost-effective collection of additional revenue.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 55 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 24 June 2003
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The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's fraud prevention and contol arrangements in relation to the Goods and Services Tax. The audit objective was to assess whether the ATO has implemented administratively effective GST fraud control arrangements, consistent with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 22 April 2003
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The audit assessed DITR's and the ATO's administration of the R&D Tax Concession including review processes for registration and subsequent expenditure claims, by eligible companies. In particular, the audit focussed on measuring performance, risk management, and information systems including security and data integrity.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Industry Tourism and Resources
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 2 December 2002
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The audit examined the ATO's management of its relationship with tax practitioners (tax agents and the wider group of professionals working on taxation matters for clients). However, our main focus was the ATO's management of its relationship with tax agents because they are the core element of the tax practitioner grouping and their role is fundamental to the effective operation of the tax system. The objective of the audit was to assess how well the ATO manages its relationship with tax practitioners, focussing on selected ATO relationships with tax practitioners, in particular its regulatory relationship with tax agents, its service support relationship with tax agents and its relationship with tax agents and members of the wider tax practitioner group in the professional bodies as key stakeholders in tax administration.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 21 October 2002
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The IIF program is designed to redress the low level of provision in Australia of high risk venture capital for small new technology - based companies commercialising research and development. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the IIF program was being effectively managed by the Industry Research and Development (IR&D) Board and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources to achieve the program objectives. The audit focused on corporate governance arrangements for program administration, the selection process to award licences, the safeguards to protect the Commonwealth's financial interests, management of licence agreements, and program performance management. The audit also examined program results to date from available data.
Entity
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources; Industry Research and Development Board
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2001
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The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the ATO's management of its performance reporting within the outcomes and outputs framework and to identify potential areas for improvement in specifying, measuring, administering and reporting under that framework.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2000–01)
Published: Friday 1 June 2001
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The audit examined the design, management and reporting of performance information for the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) which is administered by the Commonwealth Departments of Environment and Heritage, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The objective of the audit was to examine and report on the performance information used to support the administration of $1.5 billion in Commonwealth financial assistance; and compliance with legislative requirements for performance monitoring and reporting.
Entity
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Australia; Department of the Environment and Heritage; Department of Agriculture
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 23 May 2001
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The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's use of audit of individual taxpayers as part of its approach to encouraging taxpayer compliance. The objective of the audit was to examine the use of audit as an element of the compliance management function within the Individuals Non-Business line of the ATO.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office