Australian Taxation Office

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• Overview
• Appropriations
• Measures - Australian Taxation Office summary
• Administered capital and equity injections and loans

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Section 1: Overview, appropriations and budget measures summary

Overview

The role of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is to manage and shape taxation, excise and superannuation systems that fund services for Australians, giving effect to social and economic policy. Through these systems the ATO is the Government's principal revenue management agency. In 2002-03, the ATO will collect 89.5 per cent of the Commonwealth Government's revenue on behalf of the Australian community.

• ATO also supports the delivery of community benefits, having roles in other services, including:
• Private Health Insurance;
• Family Assistance;
• the Australian Valuation Office;
• the Development Allowance Authority; and
• cross-agency support, such as working with Centrelink to reduce benefit fraud, with the Child Support Agency (CSA) to ensure income transfer for the care of children, and with the Australian Bureau of Statistics to reduce the cost to the community of collecting statistical data.

Appropriations

The total appropriation for the ATO in the 2002-03 Budget is $5,614.8 million. Table 1.1, on the following page, shows the total appropriations by administered expenses, price of output appropriation and agency capital (equity injections and loans).

Australian Taxation Office - appropriations 2002-03

Table 1.1: Appropriations and other revenue ($`000)

1. References C1, E1 and I1 refer to information provided in Table 2.1. K1 refers to information provided in Table 3.1, Budgeted Statement of Financial Performance and K2 refers to Table 3.4 Agency Capital Budget Statement.

2. Refer to Budgeted Statement of Financial Performance in Table 3.1 for application of agency revenue.

3. Revenue from other sources includes other revenue from government (for example, resources free of charge) and revenue from other sources (for example, sales of goods and services by agencies such as the Australian Valuation Office (AVO)). Non-appropriated agency revenues are detailed in Appendix 1.

Note: Percentage figures indicate the percentage contribution of revenue from government (agency appropriations) to the total price of outputs, by outcome.

Measures - Australian Taxation Office summary

Table 1.2: Summary of measures disclosed in the 2002-03 Budget

Table 1.2: Summary of measures disclosed in the 2002-03 Budget (continued)

* This is a cross-portfolio measure. This table shows ATO's contribution to the measure. As the Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) is the leading agency, further information can be found in the FACS PBS.

Administered capital and equity injections and loans

The ATO will receive an appropriation for an equity injection of $28.9 million in 2002-03.

The equity injection will be supplemented by an internally funded capital investment programme. The ATO's total agency capital budget is detailed in Table 3.4.

The ATO does not have an appropriation for administered capital in 2002-03.

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