Commissioner of Taxation
NOTICE OF A DATA MATCHING PROGRAM
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will request and collect data relating to electronic payments made to businesses through specialised payment systems for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 from the following entities:
- Ausfit Pty Ltd
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (BPAY data)
- Bill Buddy Pty Ltd
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (BPAY data)
- Debitsuccess Pty Ltd
- eDebit Pty Ltd
- Ezidebit Pty Ltd
- Ezypay Pty Ltd
- FFA Paysmart Pty Ltd
- Integrapay Pty Ltd
- IP Payments Pty Ltd
- National Australia Bank Limited (BPAY data)
- Flexi Online Pty Ltd (T/A Paymate)
- PayPal Australia Pty Ltd
- POLi Payments Pty Ltd
- Quickpay Pty Ltd
- St George Bank (BPAY data)
- Westpac Banking Corporation (BPAY data)
This acquired data will be electronically matched with certain sections of ATO data holdings, including other third party data holdings, to help protect businesses which meet their obligations from unfair competition. It is expected that records relating to over 25,000 individuals will be matched.
This program is called the Specialised Payment Systems Data Matching Program and it will enable the ATO to:
- provide a more level playing field for businesses that do the right thing by identifying, for corrective actions, those that may not be meeting their obligations
- more accurately identify businesses with certain characteristics, such as operating as ‘cash only’, which may assist in identifying alternate techniques that should be used to ensure relevant taxpayers meet their obligations.
A document describing this program has been prepared and lodged with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. A copy of this document is available at www.ato.gov.au/dmprotocols or by emailing SpecialPurposeDataSteward@ato.gov.au with reference to the specialised payment systems data matching program.
The ATO complies with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Guidelines on data matching in Australian government administration (2014) which includes standards for data matching to protect the privacy of individuals. A full copy of the ATO’s privacy policy can be accessed at www.ato.gov.au/privacy |