Commissioner of Taxation
NOTICE OF A DATA MATCHING PROGRAM
This gazette notice replaces the following notices:
- Local Government Contractor Payments – published 28 January 2014 (C2014G00139)
- Childcare & Educator Payments – 2 April 2014 (C2014G00566)
- Queensland Government Contactor Payments – 2 April 2014 (C2014G00567)
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will acquire details of entities receiving taxable grants and payments from various Federal, State and Territory and Local Government departments, agencies 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 law. Records matched under this program will exceed 5,000 individuals throughout Australia.
This program is titled the ‘Taxable Government Grants and Payments Data Matching Program’ and it enables the ATO to:
- identify and test the correct taxation reporting by recipients of taxable Government grants and payments from agencies across the Federal, State and Local levels of government; and
- identify areas that require improved educational and compliance strategies to encourage voluntary compliance for recipients of Government payments and grants.
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:
- visiting www.ato.gov.au/dmprotocols
- emailing SpecialPurposeDataSteward@ato.gov.au with reference to the Taxable Government Grants and Payments data matching program.
The ATO complies with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Guidelines on Data Matching in Australian Government Administration 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