Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2010-11

Objections and reviews

The number of objections, disputes and reviews we received increased by 12% during 2010-11. The increase related mainly to objections and reviews against excess contributions tax assessments.

TABLE 4.26: Objections, disputes and reviews resolved, 2009-10 to 2010-11

	Cases completed		Performance
	2009-10 No.	2010-11 No.	Standard %	2009-10 %	2010-11 %
Reviews of private rulings	202	258	85 - within 28 days	68	90
Objections, disputes and other reviews	21,605	24,255	70 - within 56 days	59	79

TABLE 4.27: Elapsed days for objections, disputes and reviews completed, 2009-10 to 2010-11

	2009-10 No. of days	2010-11 No. of days	Change %
Reviews of private rulings	58	54	-7
Objections, disputes and other reviews	93	74 (a)	-20

(a) This does not include 186 cases pending decisions by the courts. These cases had a mean of 2,662 days and a median 2,809 days.

Sections within Part 4 - Report on performance

• Revenue and administered programs
• Supporting government and other agencies
• Assisting people to meet their obligations
• Encouraging willing and proper participation
• Resolving disputes
• Settlements
• Objections and reviews
• Litigation
• Australian Business Register
• Australian Valuation Office