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This is the third year we have published our general compliance approaches to managing Australia's revenue system.
Our goal in publishing this program is to openly share with the community the strategies we have in place and the results we have achieved. We also aim to influence decisions by people in their approach to meeting their obligations.
This year we have enhanced the program's transparency and accountability by comparing last year's results with those from the year before. We have also detailed the key activities undertaken to achieve those results in each market segment.
We have added a lot more detail about specific risks and our strategies to address them. Importantly, we have signalled where we are becoming increasingly concerned and are consequently increasing our activities.
The compliance program is the core document in our suite of publications aimed at better informing the community about how we manage risks and the steps we are taking to address them.
In the past two years we have also published detailed information about our work in the areas of large business, tax havens and superannuation, and will continue to publish material on specific areas of risk as they emerge.
Hand in hand with our compliance work, we are also continuing to improve our operational systems to make it easier for people to meet their tax obligations - we will be publishing an updated Making it easier to comply booklet in the next few months.
Both government and the community expect us to deliver a healthy revenue system for Australia. A system that collects the right amount of revenue under the law, is cost-effective, and encourages people to voluntarily meet their obligations because they have confidence in its integrity.
We hope you find the program an insightful and useful synopsis of the activities we undertake to ensure the health and integrity of Australia's revenue system.
Michael Carmody Commissioner of Taxation
Last Modified: Tuesday, 11 March 2008