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Although most of us will remember 2020 as a year of
enormous disruption and difficulties, it likely represents the
zenith of tax administration in Australia.
Driven by Treasury s JobKeeper and Cashflow Boost
programmes, the ATO pivoted in a way never seen before in an
organisation of over 20,000 employees. In a surprising, but
necessary, decision the Commonwealth government tasked the ATO with
supporting nearly one million businesses and three million
employees. In the first iteration of JobKeeper alone, the ATO
handed out nearly $9 billion in payments
Tax administration lessons learned from COVID-19 (and promptly forgotten)
By David Hughes|18 February 2021
Although most of us will remember 2020 as a year of enormous disruption and difficulties, it likely represents the zenith of tax administration in Australia, writes David Hughes.
Driven by Treasury’s JobKeeper and Cash Flow Boost programmes, the ATO pivoted in a way never seen before in an organisation of over 20,000 employees. In a surprising, but necessary, decision the Commonwealth government tasked the ATO with supporting nearly 1 million businesses and 3 million employees.
In the first iteration of JobKeeper alone, the ATO handed out nearly $9 billion in payments.