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Compliance program 2012-13

 
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Our compliance approach for micro enterprises

Recognising the challenges faced by many micro enterprises in managing their tax and superannuation affairs, we actively support the majority who make sound and honest choices about their responsibilities.

Our support ranges from tailored information and tools to help them self-assess and report their tax and superannuation obligations, to working individually with micro enterprises that are struggling to meet their obligations, taking into account their specific circumstances.

Our activities take into account and support the vital intermediary role of tax practitioners in helping to manage the tax affairs of micro enterprises.

To identify unreported transactions that give rise to income tax, capital gains tax or GST liabilities, we match information from third parties against that reported by the business. Profiling is used to identify potential tax risks, such as businesses operating outside industry or economic norms. As part of our transparent approach to compliance, we publish these norms as benchmark ratios.

Information matching: joining the dots

We match information in tax returns and business activity statements with details of transactions reported to us by a wide range of third parties, including:

  • payments and grants by other government agencies
  • payments by businesses to contractors
  • income from investments and partnership and trust distributions
  • property and share transactions
  • cross-border transactions and international funds transfer.

This range of information means we can build a complete picture of every business, including income earned, investment details, acquisition or disposal of assets such as real estate, cars and boats, and business connections.

Information matching is used to identify taxpayers who have failed to lodge tax returns or activity statements, under-reported or omitted income or transactions subject to GST, or failed to meet other obligations, such as excise, luxury car tax and superannuation guarantee obligations.

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Last Modified: Thursday, 19 July 2012

 
Table of contents
Foreword
Introduction
About Compliance
What we can do to help you
At a glance
For tax practitioners
Protecting the integrity of tax refunds
Individuals
Pre-filling now used for almost all tax returns lodged electronically
Micro enterprises
Relationship with state and territory governments
Small business benchmarks raise awareness
Small-to-medium enterprises
Focus on Division 7A generating compliance dividends
Non-profits transition to a new regulatory framework
Global cooperation the key to international compliance work
Large businesses
Resource rent taxes - preparing the ground
Highly wealthy individuals
Superannuation
Super reform
Abuse of the tax and superannuation systems
Firm action puts a stop to dodgy donation arrangement
Project Wickenby
Appendix
Footnotes
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