Australian Taxation Office

Part of the Treasury portfolio and a Federal authority, also called ATO

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The Australian Taxation Office is the Federal Government's main revenue collection agency. The Tax Office is headed by the Commissioner of Taxation, a statutory official appointed under the provisions of the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

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Investigation into management practices of Information Management branch of ATO Corporate
Response by Australian Taxation Office to JNoel on .

Refused.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team     Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request is lo...
Criticism of government on internal social media
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Paul Pistacio on .

Refused.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.   Yours faithfully,   FOI Team       Dear Applicant, Correspondence regarding your FOI request i...
The number of fines issued to persons below the tax free threshold in the last tax year
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Brendan Williams on .

Information not held.

Dear Applicant,   Your Faithfully   FOI Team   Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request is located at http://foi.iorder.com.au/ [ht...
Corporate Tax Transparency Access
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Benjamin on .

Information not held.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team   Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request is locat...
Squat toilets at the ATO
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Dolores Van Cartier. Annotated by Verity Pane on .

Partially successful.

For the benefit of those who don't wish to click through to the ATO's ridiculous and clunky FOI responses site, when such information could just as ea...
NAmes of officers responsible for policy of not sending notices
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Mark R. Diamond on .

Long overdue.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team       Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request...
Impact of protracted bargaining on ATO employee morale
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ato Nduvho on .

Refused.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.       Yours faithfully   FOI Team     Dear Applicant, A notice regarding your FOI request i...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Australian Taxation Office to James Smith on .

Partially successful.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team     Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request is...
Personal emails of the ATO Commissioner
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Doris Day on .

Long overdue.

Dear FOI Applicant,       Please see attachment.       Yours faithfully,   FOI Team     Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI req...
ATO employees opting out of providing personal details to enterprise bargaining ballot provider
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Natalie Wood on .

Long overdue.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team   Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request is l...
In re open source software and associated costs or donations
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Mark R. Diamond on .

Long overdue.

Dear Applicant,   Complaints may be directed to the ATO at our website: [1]https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/about-us/contact-us/complaints,-compl...
ATO Social media blocking
Request sent to Australian Taxation Office by Steve Davies on .

Long overdue.

In response to my request for information concerning why you blocked me from viewing your social media account you provided a heavily redacted docum...
ATO refusal to respond to FOI requests made through Right To Know
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ato Nduvho on .

Partially successful.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.       Yours faithfully,   FOI Team   Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request i...
ATO IT outages Feb 2016=7
Response by Australian Taxation Office to William Shakespeare on .

Refused.

Dear Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully   FOI Team     Dear Mr Shakespeare, I refer to your FOI request dated 3 Februar...
ATO public servant comments on internal discussion boards
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Doris Day on .

Refused.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.       Yours faithfully,   FOI Team   Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request i...
Correspondence relating to 'righttoknow.org.au'
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Peter Tonoli on .

Refused.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.       Yours faithfully,   FOI Team     Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request i...
Failure of ICT systems
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ben Fairless on .

Awaiting internal review.

Dear Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team     Dear Mr Fairless, I refer to your FOI request dated 13 December...
Group Certificates/PAYG payment summaries of the ATO’s SES staff - FY2013/14, FY2014/15 and FY2015/16
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Name withheld on .

Refused.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.       Yours faithfully,   FOI Team         Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI req...
Uber
Response by Australian Taxation Office to John Andrews on .

Refused.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Yours faithfully,   FOI Team   Dear Applicant, A decision regarding your FOI request is locat...
Yammer Enterprise Agreement Group Deletion
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Kris Jordan. Annotated by Kris Jordan on .

Information not held.

The ATO does not hold the records requested. This is because they are using an outsourced service where the data is not under their control. Rather...
Advice pertaining to refusal to process FOI requests received via righttoknow.org.au
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Mark Newton. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .

Successful.

Again, I think that you have misunderstood. The information might be released onto a website and published on their disclosure log and their is a clear...
ATO purported manipulation of phone system performance statistics
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ato Nduvho on .

Awaiting internal review.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.       Regards, FOI Team     Dear ATO Nduvho, A decision regarding your FOI request is located at...
Smit Property Investment Trust Liability of Trustees
Request to Australian Taxation Office by rodney charles johnson. Annotated by Mark R. Diamond on .

Refused.

Why is it that no one has complained about the behavior of the ATO. Having refused for 9 months to process requests filed through Right to Know, they n...
Sample File Delay
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Long overdue.

  Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.   Regards, FOI Team   Dear Mr Gothe-Snape, A decision regarding your FOI request is located at...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Fairless,    The information you have requested is available on our website at [1]https://www.ato.gov.au/assets/0/104/997/1030/543d6162-0b09...

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