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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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...
Policies and documents pertaining to the protection of information incase of societal upheaval
Response by Australian Taxation Office to observant1 on .

Refused.

Dear FOI Applicant,   Please see attachment.     Regards, FOI Team     Dear Observant1 The decision regarding your FOI request is located at...
Requests made via Right to Know
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Ben Fairless on .

Awaiting internal review.

Dear Applicant,           Regards,   FOI Team       Dear FOI Applicant, This documentation has previously been released and is available on...
Information held by the department on a company called Lamattina
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Michael Johnstone. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

In the annotation at this place ( https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/smit_property_investment_trust_l#comment-1823 ) I questioned the conclusion o...
The number of staff in the 'Special Taskforce' investigating the tax paid by Multinational Companies.
Response by Australian Taxation Office to G.Smith on .

Successful.

  Dear Mr Smith, You have requested information around the size of the taskforce mentioned by Scott Morrison in his recent address to the Australian...
Privacy impact statements created within ATO since 1 July 2016
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Bill Tarte. Annotated by Bill Tarte on .

Refused.

I redid this FOI privately and got a 24A decision on what I was interested in, the PIA's for these https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Gen/Data-matching-pro...
Tax Evasion Investigation
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Paul Foley. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

My comment is an addition to the comments by Mr. Fairless. I also make a specific suggestion. Although the Australian Taxation Office wrote to the ap...
ANZISC division codes for the 'Corporate Tax Transparency' data set released December 2016
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Ken Macleod. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

My comment is an addition to the comments by Mr. Fairless. I also make a specific suggestion. Although the Australian Taxation Office wrote to the ap...
Cheung Kong Infrastructure - Claim, evidence and resolution documentation (2013-2015)
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Dan Monceaux. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

My comment is an addition to the comments by Mr. Fairless. I also make a specific suggestion. Although the Australian Taxation Office wrote to the ap...
Tax return retention period
Request to Australian Taxation Office by Rodney Malone. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

My comment is an addition to the comments by Mr. Fairless. I also make a specific suggestion. Although the Australian Taxation Office wrote to the ap...
ATO Business-Developed Applications
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Carlotta Devine on .

Refused.

  Dear Ms Devine,   I refer to your FOI request of 30 June 2016 regarding business-developed applications.  Your request is taken to be withdrawn a...
Nepotism and patronage in the ATO
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Sarah Van Winkle on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Van Winkle,   Please find attached a decision letter and relevant document in response to your FOI request dated 2 July 2016.   Kind R...

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