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Kicking career goals at the ATO

By Melissa Coade

Career Matters

The general assumption among graduate accountants is that the Big Four firms are the most reliable path to a successful career. But that view overlooks…

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Columnists

Were we nudged or budged?

By Helena Cain

Editors' Picks

Helena Cain takes a look at how our governments are using these nudges and asks if, during the pandemic, we’ve been subtly nudged or a…

Demonstrating hidden value in a complex public service system: Consider the HR business partner

By Deborah Blackman and Sophie Yates

Career Advice

Seventeen HR business partners and business line clients were interviewed to see how the business partnering function created value and can be demonstrated. …

Senate orders JobKeeper data from tax commissioner

By Melissa Coade

Economy & Industry

Rex Patrick leads the call for the tax commissioner to produce information about the large Australian companies who received JobKeeper payments.

Introducing the ATO’s systems-led design guide

By Misha Kaur

Editors' Picks

The ATO's systems-led design guide is its approach to positive change.

Who you gonna call? Confusion abounds for employers and workers in JobKeeper disputes

By Matthew Elmas

Economy & Industry

Who’s responsible for picking up the pieces when an eligible worker gets left out of the JobKeeper program? That’s the question being asked in the…

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A case study in quantifying the unknown: The ATO’s award-winning tax gap program

By Victoria Draudins

Editors' Picks

The ATO's tax gap program has created some of the most sophisticated set of estimates of its kind in the world, and won a Public…

A window of opportunity: a practical model for systems-led design in tax

By Misha Kaur

Communications & Technology

If you saw my last post where I talked about fire-fighting in California, you’ll know that as the new head of ATO Design, I’m introducing a…

Six tips on transparency from the tax office

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

Having a media-handling strategy is dangerous, according to Jeremy Hirschhorn, the second commissioner for client engagement at the Australian Taxation Office. He said strategic media…

ATO’s Jacqui Curtis named as first head of profession for the APS

By David Donaldson and Stephen Easton

Federal

The Australian Tax Office's Chief Operating Officer Jacqui Curtis has been appointed the first head of profession in the Australian Public Service.

“Significant distortion”: Whistleblower Richard Boyle claims watchdog botched its ATO garnishee scandal review

By Matthew Elmas

Federal

In a scathing submission to a Senate inquiry into the conduct of the Inspector General of Taxation published late last week, Richard Boyle, a former…

Australia's tax office can use global data leaks to pursue multinationals, High Court rules

By Ann Kayis-Kumar & Annet Oguttu

Communications & Technology

Last year Glencore went to the court to demand the Australian Taxation Office unsee what it might have seen about Glencore’s use of offshore legal…

Australian officials tackle international cyber crime

By Shannon Jenkins

Communications & Technology

Senior officials from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Australian Taxation Office have met in Washington, DC, this week to mark the one-year anniversary of…

Gold employers: PM&C and ATO recognised at LGBTI inclusion awards

By David Donaldson

Federal

The Australian Tax Office and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet have been named among Australia's best employers for LGBTI inclusion.

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Big data in the public sector: five ways the government is using data science

By The University of New South Wales

Communications & Technology

Understanding some of the ways government agencies are already using data science can guide transformation across the public sector.