29 October 2008

Release of Inspector-General of Taxation Report into The Tax Office's Management of Major Complex Issues

The Assistant Treasurer, Chris Bowen MP, today released the Inspector-General of Taxation's report Improvements to tax administration arising from the Inspector-General's case study reviews of the Tax Office's management of major, complex issues.

This report is the fourth and final report on major complex issues.

The report summarises systemic issues arising from three earlier case studies conducted by the Inspector-General in 2007 relating to service entity arrangements, living away from home allowances, and research and development syndicates.

The Tax Office has worked closely with the Inspector-General and agreed to specific administrative changes in response to the systemic issues identified from the case studies.

The Tax Office has also outlined in the report its current approaches to the management of major, complex issues.

The report is available at www.igt.gov.au.