Chris Jordan leaves his high-profile role as Tax Commissioner dodging another hail of political brickbats but confident he has delivered much better service and a digital revolution at the ATO – as well as forcing multinational companies to pay billions more in tax.

That’s despite the finale of his 11 years dominated by the politics of the PwC tax scandal and, just this week, criticism from the auditor-general about the ATO’s response to a giant GST fraud scheme that went viral on TikTok.