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Australian Taxation Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (158 words) |
 | The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is the Australian government agency that collects taxes and enforces taxation legislation (except customs and external revenues, which are handled by the Australian Customs Service). |
 | The ATO also has some responsibility for Australia's longer term financial planning, shared with the Department of Treasury and the Reserve Bank of Australia. |
 | The ATO is headed by the Commissioner of Taxation, who since January 1993 has been Michael Carmody. |
| Australian Taxation Office (2291 words) |
 | The ATO does not have an appropriation for an equity injection or loan, or an appropriation for administered capital in 2001-02. |
 | The Australian National Audit Office and ATO Internal Audit have a rolling programme of issues that are audited during the financial year. |
 | In 2000-01 the ATO entered into purchaser/provider arrangements with both the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) and the Department of Health and Aged Care which will see the ATO continuing to provide services to each of these departments to enable them to achieve their stated Outcomes in 2001-02. |