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This philosophy-quoting taxman is going old school

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Taxation Commissioner Rob Heferen wants the ATO to return to old-school tax collection, promising strong but probably unpopular pursuit of more than $50 billion in outstanding debt.

Releasing a new corporate plan for the Australian Taxation Office, Mr Heferen signalled a move away from predecessor Chris Jordan’s so-called Tax 2.0 agenda, which focused on digital innovation and data matching.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra Bureau Chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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