The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman (IGTO), Karen Payne, has released edition 18 of the IGTO’s newsletter – “IGoT News”.
This edition provides:
- a summary of the IGTO report, Effectiveness of ATO communications of Taxpayers’ Rights to Complain, Review and Appeal, which was released in October 2021;
- a reminder of IGTO’s thought leadership paper, A Brief History of the Taxpayers’ Charter, for the purpose of encouraging feedback from stakeholders in the ATO’s review of the Charter slated for February 2022;
- key data from the Tax and Super Australia’s snap survey about the experience of their members when disputing or having ATO decisions reviewed on behalf of their clients and whether their clients were made sufficiently aware of their rights in the process;
- a summary of the IGTO’s 3 new review investigations which were announced on 9 December 2021: (i) ATO’s Administration and Management of Objections; (ii) Exercise of General Powers of Administration; and (iii) Exercise of Commissioner’s Remedial Powers;
- a highlight of the Auditor-General’s performance audit on ATO engagement with tax agents – due to be tabled in August 2022; and
- an update on the IGTO’s tax complaint investigation service.
For the coming holidays, the IGTO will shut from midday on 24 December 2021 and will re-open on 4 January 2022.
[Tax Month – December 2021 – Previous 2021] 14.12.21 [LTN 240, 13/12/21]