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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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...
ATO use of third party data
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Carlotta Devine on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Devine,   I refer to your FOI request of 30 June 2016 regarding third-party data.  Your request is taken to be withdrawn as we have not rece...
ABN holders not registered for GST
Response by Australian Taxation Office to peter court on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Court,     Enclosed is our decision regarding your recent FOI request for ABN statistics along with a document containing the information r...
IT security guidelines, standards and instructions
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Patrick Conheady on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

Dear Mr Conheady,   I refer to your request for an internal review of our FOI decision dated 3 June 2016 regarding IT security guidelines and standa...
SES Communications regarding ATO Enterprise Agreement offer - Documents in relation to Decisions 1-85DQTML
Response by Australian Taxation Office to James Smith on .

Successful.

Regards,       FOI General Counsel Australian Taxation Office             GPO BOX 4889 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Mr James Smith C/- Right...
SES Communications regarding ATO Enterprise Agreement offer
Follow up sent to Australian Taxation Office by James Smith on .

Partially successful.

Thank you for your internal review. For your information I have requested a review of your decision by the Information Commissioner Yours sincer...
Total Income Tax Paid by Federal Parliament Members
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Concerned Citizen on .

Information not held.

Dear Concerned Citizen,   Please find attached the decision letter for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request.   Kind regards, Monica Kim L...
Gosford Office.
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Brandon Atkins on .

Refused.

  Dear Brandon,   I refer to my email to you on 28 April 2016, as well as my notice under section 24AB of the FOI Act.   As you have not responde...
Register of external scrutineers' recommendations
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Patrick Conheady on .

Successful.

      Recommendation Project Code Estimated Date Revised Date Actual Date Rec 1 (ANAO: Administration of the Luxury Car Tax) 1112-ANAO-01...
All-staff emails
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Keith Wolverton on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Wolverton,   Please find enclosed my decision regarding your  FOI request, as well as copies of relevant documents.       Kind regards...
IT security advice regarding release of data dictionaries
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Patrick Conheady on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Conheady,   Re: FOI request for IT security advice regarding data dictionaries   In our initial decision for this request we inadverten...
Security advice regarding release of SQL queries
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Patrick Conheady on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Conheady,   Re: FOI request for IT security advice regarding sql queries   In our initial decision for this request we inadvertently re...
Income Tax Returns of Current Federal MPs
Response by Australian Taxation Office to Concerned Citizen on .

Refused.

Concerned Citizen   Please find a decision regarding your Freedom of Information request attached   James Hayes-Williams Lawyer, General Cou...
Social media policy
Follow up sent to Australian Taxation Office by James Smith on .

Successful.

Thank you for providing the requested information. Yours sincerely, James Smith

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