Compliance program 2011-12

Refund fraud

Some individuals, organised groups of people and unregistered tax return preparers are making false claims to receive a refund. These claims may arise for a number of reasons, but for others it may include the use of a false identity or theft of tax file numbers and personal details.

Claims outside normal occupation, individual or industry ranges may result in us thoroughly reviewing all aspects of the person's tax affairs before we issue a refund. Last year we checked around 29,000 refunds and found more than 20,000 were incorrect or fraudulent.

We expect to review over 30,000 refunds and will remove any incorrect or fraudulent claims before we issue refunds.

Sections within Individuals

• Employees and contractors
• Work-related expenses
• Overseas income
• Pre-filling tax returns
• Information matching
• Refund fraud
• Split loans
• Referrals to the Tax Practitioners Board
• Superannuation
• Executives, directors and other highly paid individuals