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Schedule D: Budget measure – GST Compliance Program

Last updated 10 April 2023

Schedule D of the Performance Agreement – this measure was previously known as the GST Compliance Program ‘Working together to improve voluntary compliance’.

Additional liabilities raised from compliance activities planned

 

2020–21

2021–22

Key objective

Planned
$m

Actual
$m

Planned
$m

Actual
$m

1. Ensure taxpayers are correctly registered

13.1

-

13.8

40.9

2. Ensure correct reporting focused on tackling refund exploitation and dealing with systematic or deliberate under reporting of GST

283.9 

509.1 

317.2

2,009.6

3. Large market compliance

132.2

178.7

137.6

146.4

4. More direct contact between the ATO and non-lodgers

225.5

410.5

381.8

743.0

Total

654.7

1,098.3

850.4

2,940.0

Additional cash collections from debt activities

5. More direct contact between the ATO and taxpayers with a GST debt

244.4

335.5

250.5

782.1

Total costs and return on investment of GST Compliance Program

 

2020–21

2021–22

 Key objective

Planned

Actual

Planned

Actual

Total costs of the program (as per Budget Papers) ($m)

115.6

115.6

116.0

116.0

Expected return on investment per compliance sub-program

1. Ensure taxpayers are correctly registered (ratio)

4.0:1

-

4.1:1

12.2:1

2. Ensure correct reporting focused on tackling refund exploitation and dealing with systematic or deliberate under reporting of GST (ratio)

7.1:1

12.8:1 

7.9:1

50.2:1

3. Large market compliance (ratio)

7.4:1

10.0:1

7.5:1

8.1:1

4. More direct contact between the ATO and non-lodgers (ratio)

9.1:1

16.6:1

9.5:1

29.9:1

Expected return on investment per debt sub-program

5. More direct contact between the ATO and taxpayers with a GST debt (ratio)

13.3:1

18.3:1

13.6:1

42.4:1

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