Commissioner of Taxation
NOTICE OF A DATA MATCHING PROGRAM
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will acquire details of entities receiving taxable payments and grants from the Queensland State Government for the 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 financial years from various State Government departments and authorities.
These will be electronically matched with certain sections of ATO data holdings to identify non compliance with lodgment and payment obligations under taxation laws. Records matched under this program will exceed 5,000 individuals.
This program is titled the ‘Queensland State Government Payments and Grants (2011, 2012 and 2013 financial years) Data Matching Program’ and it enables the ATO to:
• identify and test the correct taxation reporting by recipients of government payments and grants across Queensland State Government departments and authorities; and
• identify areas that require improved educational and compliance strategies to encourage voluntary compliance for recipients of state government payments.
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 by emailing SpecialPurposeDataSteward@ato.gov.au with reference to the Queensland State Government Payments and Grants data matching program.
The ATO complies with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Guidelines, The use of Data Matching in Commonwealth Administration, which includes standards for data matching to protect the privacy of individuals.