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Outgoing ATO boss Chris Jordan says the agency needs stronger powers to deal with the rise in criminal activities.

We need our own tax cops to chase cheats: ATO chief

The retiring head of the tax office, Chris Jordan, says the organisation needs more powers as criminals attempt to fleece taxpayers and steal their identities.

  • Shane Wright

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Tax commissioner Chris Jordan says pandemic-era stimulus payments had encouraged an “appetite for fraud” among some people.

Tax chief says COVID handouts pushed thousands into ‘horrifyingly bad’ TikTok scam

The head of the Australian Tax Office has admitted that the agency’s systems for “identifying fraud at that scale was not fit for purpose”.

  • Shane Wright
Australian Tax Office commissioner Chris Jordan said it took a long time to gather information about the tax leak scandal due to obstacles placed in the authority’s path.

PwC stonewalled tax office attempts to investigate leak

The ATO boss said it took a long time to gather information about the tax leak scandal due to obstacles placed in the authority’s path.

  • Rachel Clun
Joe Hockey, Andrew Hastie and Julie Inman Grant.

Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019: Foreign affairs

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant: "There is a global rethink going on about how to civilise the internet, and Inman Grant is a worldwide pioneer.” Plus: Joe Hockey and Andrew Hastie.

  • Konrad Marshall
Australian Taxation Office Commissioner Chris Jordan.

ATO commissioner doubles down on his abuse of parliamentary privilege

ATO Commissioner sends note to all staff trying to justify his controversial behaviour in parliament

  • Adele Ferguson
Australian Taxation Office Commissioner Chris Jordan.

Tax Commissioner attacks 'out of control' press over whistleblower reporting

Chris Jordan has accused the media of "deliberately sensationalist" reporting over allegations the ATO was ripping money out of individual accounts.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
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The judgment assists Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan in his defamation battle against.

Tax Office Commissioner wins access to secret tax documents

Chris Jordan wants access to the documents to fight a defamation case and had to launch proceedings against his own organisation to get them.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Small and medium sized businesses are nervous about the economy.

Half of small business owners earn less than minimum wage, report finds

More than half of small business owners have a taxable income less than the minimum wage according to new figures, but Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan isn't convinced.

  • Cara Waters
Chris Jordan speaks at the COSBOA National Small Business Summit.

Tax office keen to step away from 'problematic area' of R&D claims

ATO boss Chris Jordan says there is a "structural problem" with the process for research and development claims.

  • Cara Waters
Chris Jordan Commissioner of Taxation

An $825m IT refit and super amnesty reboot: ATO's wishlist revealed

The ATO is preparing to brief the new Morrison government on a string of policies and strategies.

  • Adele Ferguson

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