ATO

The ATO gets a bigger headcount for bigger returns, with tightening, lightening and frightening money taken from all corners of the economy.

Debt-collection outsourcing is set to be hit by the consultancy-use levy, including the Australian Taxation Office’s contracting of services.

The Albanese government will impose a new tax on the public service on using contractors and labour-hire that will rake in $375 million.

The ATO’s tech chief’s role has been downshifted to a Senior Executive Service Band 3 level ahead of the naming of a permanent replacement.

The latest numbers released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal Australia’s overall taxation take has continued its post-pandemic recovery.

The Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions has revealed it has spent $280,000 prosecuting whistleblower Richard Boyle.

The ATO seeks to simplify overlapping or duplicated functions in its main customer-facing arm, amid a big push to call in debts.

Mary O’Kane will be stepping down as chair of the NSW Independent Planning Commission to lead the board of AEMO.

The status of an ATO employee convicted of corruption and accepting bribes raises fresh questions as to where the buck stops — or starts — at the revenue agency.

How to tell people they owe the government money? Not with defective software. Legacy systems and skills shortage bite agencies in the rear.

Aviation firefighters are aiming the high-pressure hose and their union to get the APSC and the government to rethink the WFH policy.

When their network fails, should you pay? Contractors are disputing not being paid for downtime that is beyond their control.

Extra money is to flow before Easter with the new APS workplace conditions and entitlements taking effect from March 28.

Chalmers, Albanese opt for continuity with trusted Steven Kennedy. Second time’s a charm for the seasoned reformer, economist and technocrat.