Project Wickenby

Ongoing compliance

Evidence shows Project Wickenby interventions are improving taxpayers' willingness to comply with their taxation obligations.

People who have been investigated by Project Wickenby have subsequently voluntarily lodged more accurate tax returns and paid more tax than they have done in the past.

As at 28 February, Project Wickenby has collected more than $691 million of outstanding revenue. This exceeds the targeted collection of $557 million set for this date, and includes:

• more than $381 million in cash collections
• nearly $308 million made from increased voluntary compliance following interventions by the Project Wickenby task force
• Over $2 million in assets recovered by the CDPP under Commonwealth Proceeds of Crime provisions.

Cash collections are revenue collected by the ATO as a result of Project Wickenby activities. Payments of tax liabilities can be by instalment under arrangement, as agreed by the Commissioner of Taxation. As such, cash collected during a period does not necessarily relate to matters finalised in that period. Cash collections are reported on a quarterly basis - the current figures are for the quarter ending December 2012.

Cash commitment to government graph

The following graph shows how the collections made so far are tracking against Project Wickenby's collection target.

Sections within Getting results

• Ongoing compliance
• Prosecutions and court judgments