Tax Administration

Funding to Target Tax Debts

The Government announced that it will provide $106 million over four years to the ATO to improve the management of outstanding taxation debts and superannuation guarantee charge. The Government said the funding is designed “to allow the ATO to support a greater range of taxpayers in meeting their reporting and payment obligations through contacting them earlier and by providing more targeted assistance”.

GST Compliance Program

The Government is to provide $193.3 million to the ATO in 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 to continue to promote voluntary GST compliance. This extends a 2010–2011 Budget measure by two years. The funding will be directed at detecting fraudulent GST refunds, systematic under-reporting of GST liabilities, failure to lodge GST returns and outstanding GST debts.