Section 4: Purchaser/provider and cost recovery arrangements

Purchaser/provider arrangements

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has entered into purchaser/provider arrangements with both the Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) and the Department of Health and Aged Care. These allow the ATO to provide services to each of these departments to enable them to achieve their stated Outcomes in 2004-05.

The ATO will be providing services to FACS for the Family Assistance Office and the Compliance Package — Prevention and Detection, and to the Child Support Agency.

The ATO will also be providing services to the Department of Health and Aged Care for the implementation of the Private Health Insurance rebate.

Cost recovery arrangements

The ATO does not presently have any cost recovery arrangements. All receipts from independent sources are excluded for the purposes of the Commonwealth Cost Recovery Guidelines for Regulatory Agencies as they are related to intergovernmental charging, taxation and/or comply with competitive neutrality principles.

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