We are authorised by the Taxation Administration Act 1953 and the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to ask for the information on this Fund income tax return form. It is not an offence not to provide tax file numbers (TFNs) but if you don't it could increase the chance of delay or error in processing this return. If we do not collect this information, you may not meet your reporting obligations.
Where authorised by law, we may give this information to other government departments and agencies, including:
- State and Federal Police
- Australian Securities & Investment Commission
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Reserve Bank of Australia.
As the person authorised to complete this statement, the ATO collects some personal information about you. The information collected will allow us to contact you if we require more information.
If you have an Australian Business Number, some information on this form may be collected under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number Act) 1999 and will be used to update your details on the Australian Business Register (ABR). Where authorised by law, selected information may be made publicly available and some may be passed to a wide range of government agencies, including Commonwealth, state and local government agencies.
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
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