We are authorised by the following acts to collect the information we request in the BAS T - Quarterly GST and PAYG instalment notice form:
- A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
- Taxation Administration Act 1953
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
We need this information to help us administer GST and taxation laws. If your form is incomplete, incorrect or needs checking, it may delay processing or we may ask you to complete a new form.
Where authorised by law, we may give this information to other government departments and agencies including:
- Department of Education
- Department of Employment
- Department of Social Services
- Services Australia
- State and Federal Police
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- Director of Public Prosecutions
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
We also provide taxpayer information to treaty partners overseas under international tax agreements.
Our privacy policy contains important information about your privacy, including information about how you can access and seek correction of information we hold about you, how to make a complaint if you think we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with any privacy complaints.
For more information about privacy or if you believe your privacy has been compromised:
- Phone our Privacy Hotline on 1300 661 542
- write to us at the address below.
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 9990
[insert the name and postcode of your capital city]
For example;
Australian Taxation Office
GPO Box 9990
SYDNEY NSW 2001
See also:
Withholding declaration privacy notice