This audit would examine the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) governance of data and analytics.

The ATO has established a new enterprise risk relating to misuse of data and analytics: ‘There is a risk that we (or those we share our data or analysis with) do not lawfully or appropriately use our data and/or analysis, caused by a failure in our data and analytics governance, resulting in adverse impacts on individuals, loss of revenue and/or loss of public trust and confidence and reduction in willing participation.’