IPS – information we publish

Under our IPS agency plan we publish documents in a number of categories.

Last updated 4 June 2025

Who we are

This contains information on the way we are organised, including:

Organisational structure – describes our reporting structures, such as sub-plans, management arrangements that include the ATO organisational chart and details about our business and service lines.
ATO Executive Committee – introduces the ATO Executive Committee members and the committee charter. This includes the Commissioner of Taxation.

This includes information that helps us make decisions or recommendations affecting the community, including:

About us – summarises our role.
Strategic direction – outlines our vision for the future and how we will work with the community and government in the years ahead.
Corporate plan – outlines at a high level, the priority work we intend to do as an agency this financial year.
ATO Charter – sets out your rights and obligations, what you can expect when dealing with us and what you can do if you are not satisfied with our decisions or actions.
Laws giving powers to the Commissioner of Taxation – lists the main tax and super laws giving powers or functions to the Commissioner of Taxation. This information is published under the IPS (section 8 of the FOI Act) and appears in the ATO annual report each year.

This includes:

Operational information – Information that helps us perform our functions or exercise our powers.
Fraud and evasion guidelines – How the ATO forms an opinion of fraud or evasion in order to assess tax outside the usual time limits.

We routinely provide the following information to parliament in response to requests and orders from the parliament.

Annual reports – provides links to current and previous annual reports.
Senate Order No 8: Production of departmental file lists, also known as Senate Procedural Orders of Continuing Effect No. 12 – contains file lists which are tabled before parliament and make the operations of government more transparent to the Australian public.
Appendix 8 in our Annual report: Advertising, direct mail, media placement and market research – lists contracts for advertising, direct mail, media placement and market research. See also Advertising certifications.

This includes:

FOI disclosure log – documents released under freedom of information (FOI) access requests and which are publicly available.
Recoverable advances and payments report – information about incorrect payments that were issued and become recoverable under certain provisions of the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

ATO consultative forums – provides access to detailed information about our consultative forums. This includes forums for taxpayers, business and professional associations.

These include:

Corporate plan – each year, we present the ATO Corporate plan that outlines our focus areas and priorities for the financial year ahead.
Service commitments – outlines the service standards you can expect when you deal with us and our performance.
Our research – details results of some recent research from surveys, product testing and user research.

These include additional financial information about our financial records, procurement procedures and tendering.

ATO tenders and procurement – provides information about ATO tenders, contracts and other procurement related matters.
Annual reports – including our audited financial statements – links to our audited financial statements.

These include:

Advertising certifications – chief executive certifications for government advertising campaigns.
Discretionary grants and sponsorship – details the grants we've issued in accordance with the Commonwealth Grant Guidelines.
Media centre – lists ATO media releases, speeches, Commissioner's online updates and letters to the editor.
data.gov.auExternal Link – links to our available datasets on data.gov.au
Tax and superannuation statistics – lists statistics we publish, as well as how to request statistical data from us.

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