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Type of content
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: February, 2020
Report preparation
The objective of the audit is to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’s (ACNC’s) regulation of charities.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 18 of 2019–20)
Published: Monday 16 December 2019
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the Australian Taxation Office's effectiveness in meeting its revenue and resourcing commitments for the Tax Avoidance Taskforce.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2019–20)
Published: Monday 9 September 2019
Published
The objective of this audit was to examine whether the Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) is being effectively administered, with the appropriate management of risks.
Entity
Department of Home Affairs; Department of the Treasury; Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2018–19)
Published: Wednesday 26 June 2019
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office and the Department of Agriculture have effectively administered the Farm Management Deposits (FMD) Scheme.
Entity
Department of Agriculture; Australian Taxation Office (ATO); Department of the Treasury
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 30 May 2019
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO’s) management of small business tax debt arising from compliance activities.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2018–19)
Published: Friday 29 March 2019
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Phoenix Taskforce to combat illegal phoenix activities.
Entity
Across Entities
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2018
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) and Treasury’s management of compliance with foreign investment obligations for residential real estate.
Entity
Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 23 April 2018
Published
The audit objective was to assess entities’ progress in implementing the corporate planning requirement under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.
Entity
Department of the Treasury; Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 20 February 2018
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has effectively responded to recent unscheduled information technology (IT) system outages.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 13 December 2017
Published
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s use of settlements to resolve taxpayer disputes.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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