Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2005-06

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous affairs

We continued to provide services to the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs for both the Family Assistance Office and the Child Support Agency.

The Family Assistance Office, which administers the family tax benefit, is a joint venture between the Tax Office, Centrelink and Medicare Australia, with the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Department of Human Services having overall responsibility for policy and service delivery respectively.

Employees at each location answer enquiries about the family tax benefit and various payment options. They also help with completing and lodging claim forms.

This year we approved $444 million in family tax benefit entitlement claims through the tax system to 134,535 claimants. These claims related to the year ended 30 June 2005 and residual claims for 2004. We also approved additional credit for 728,163 fortnightly claimants (on reconciliation) totalling $1,289 million, and passed 2,742,980 records of income for family tax benefit recipients and their spouses, where applicable, to Centrelink. This was an increase on last year's results.

Sections within 3.8 Output 1.1.5 - Services to governments and agencies

• Strategies
• Key results
• Performance
• Services to government
• Cross-agency support
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Centrelink
• Child Support Agency
• Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous affairs
• Department of Health and Ageing
• Providing information to law enforcement agencies
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation access to tax information
• Ausindustry and innovation policy
• Pooled Development Funds Program
• Venture capital measures
• Product stewardship for oil program
• Australian Valuation Office
• Customers
• People
• Operations
• Performance