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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
Published

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. 37 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 23 May 2001
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The Use of Audit in Compliance Management of Individual Taxpayers

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.

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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 1997–98)
Published: Thursday 4 December 1997
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Risk Management in ATO Small Business Income

The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and administrative effectiveness of the risk management process in the Small Business Income business line. It follows Audit Report No.37 1996-97 and entitled Risk Management - Australian Taxation Office. That audit focused on broad strategic issues relevant to risk management in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a whole. This audit follows the issues identified in that report into the day-to-day management of the Small Business Income as an example of how risk management operates in a significant element of the ATO.

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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2001
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ATO Performance Reporting under the Outcomes and Outputs Framework

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.

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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 29 August 2000
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The Australian Taxation Office's Use of AUSTRAC Data

The audit objective was to examine the administrative effectiveness of the ATO's use of AUSTRAC data. The audit reviewed the use of AUSTRAC data across three of the ATO Business Service Lines (BSLs) namely, Large Business and International (LB&I), Small Business (SB) and Individuals Non Business (INB). These are the most significant BSLs in terms of revenue collection. The audit focussed on the ATO's use of AUSTRAC data at the strategic and operational levels and its management of AUSTRAC data. Aspects examined include the ATO's relationship with AUSTRAC as well as training, data quality, data privacy and security issues.

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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2000–01)
Published: Thursday 8 February 2001
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Management of the National Highways System Program

ANAO found that the actions taken by the Department during the course of the audit to update and improve the Notes on Administration and administrative processes, by commissioning various specialist studies and reviewing governance issues, has established a sound basis for ongoing effective management of the National Highway System. The Department advised ANAO that changes to the Notes on Administration reflect joint work done with the ANAO to identify where improvements could be made and incorporate not only suggestions and recommendations that the ANAO has made in the final report but also during the audit. ANAO considers that the comprehensive revision of the Notes on Administration undertaken by the Department should foster marked improvements in the management of the National Highway System.

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Department of Transport and Regional Services
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Regional Development
Transport
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 1998–99)
Published: Monday 23 November 1998
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Aviation Security in Australia

The primary objective of the audit was to assess the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of DoTRD's implementation of Annex 17 in the Australian aviation environment. The ANAO concluded that DoTRD has established a regulatory regime which ensures Australia's compliance with the standards embodied in Annex 17. However, there are areas where Australia's aviation security regime can be strengthened even further including; developing a more robust approach to risk management, developing a longer-term perspective to DoTRD's planning structure, development of proactive alliances with aviation regulators in neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific region, further improvement of the airport audit process, development and implementation of an evaluation strategy, development of a formal transparent approach to enforcement.

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Department of Transport and Regional Services
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Attorney-General's
Regional Development
Transport
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 1997–98)
Published: Monday 6 April 1998
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Management of Selected Functions of the Child Support Agency

The objective of the audit was to assess the performance of the Child Support Agency in the administration of key aspects of the Child Support Scheme. The ANAO previously audited the CSA in 1993-94 and identified scope for improvement in the management and administration of the Child Support Scheme. Particular areas of audit concern included client service, staff training and debt management. The current audit has reviewed the CSA's progress in improving Agency performance since that time. The audit focused initially on the areas identified in the previous audit, but also sought to identify further opportunities for improvement where appropriate.

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Australian Taxation Office
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 29 November 2000
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Australian Taxation Office Internal Fraud Control Arrangements

The objective of this audit was to assess the administration of internal fraud control arrangements in the ATO and to identify areas with potential for improvement as well as identified better practice. To achieve this objective the ANAO focussed on five key areas. These were:

  • the application of the ATO's corporate governance processes to the internal fraud control activities;
  • the prevention of internal fraud within the ATO;
  • the related use of information technology to minimise fraud risks;
  • the detection of internal fraud within the ATO; and
  • ATO fraud investigation procedures and practices.
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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 1997–98)
Published: Thursday 4 December 1997
Published

Sales Tax

The objective of the audit was to ascertain how efficiently and effectively the ATO administers sales tax collections. The audit excluded an examination of the Australian Customs Service's sales tax administration, although it did examine coordination and liaison arrangements between the ATO and ACS. The audit approach involved analysing the ATO's performance against the five elements of the ATO's established compliance improvement process, namely:

  • interpreting and clarifying sales tax law;
  • identifying and understanding clients and markets (enabling tax officers to identify and analyse risks of non-compliance);
  • providing education and information to clients regarding sales tax obligations, based on identified compliance risks;
  • implementing administrative arrangements which ensure and/or assist taxpayers to meet their obligations; and
  • detecting non-compliance and taking action to remedy instances of non-compliance.
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Taxation
Treasury
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