| PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER |
| The ATO is authorised by the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 and the Taxation Administration Act 1953
to ask for information in this form. We need this information to help us
to administer the taxation laws. We may give this information to other government agencies authorised by law to receive it-for example, benefit payment agencies such as Centrelink, the Department of Education, Science and Training and the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; law enforcement agencies such as the National Crime Authority; and other agencies such as the Child Support Agency and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Your Tax File Number (TFN) You do not have to quote your TFN. However, you cannot lodge your income tax form electronically if you do not quote your TFN. Electronic funds transfer - Direct Debit Where you have requested an EFT direct debit some of your details will be provided to your financial institution and the ATO's sponsor bank to facilitate the payment of your taxation liability from your nominated account. Family Tax Benefit Where you have claimed the Family Tax Benefit (FTB), your claim will not be accepted if you do not provide the TFN of each person included in your claim unless you are exempt from providing it - exemptions are explained on page 14 FTB tax claim instructions 2006. The Family Assistance Office - which is a partnership between Centrelink, the ATO, Medicare Australia (formerly known as the Health Insurance Commission and the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCIAS) - is authorised by the "A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999" to ask for the information in the FTB tax claims. The information will be used for the purposes of administering family assistance payments. Limited personal information may be used for customer surveys run by the ATO and its client departments, or by research organisations on their behalf. Limited information about you may also be disclosed to others when your circumstances affect their entitlements to payments and services. The FAO may also give this information to someone else if you give permission, or to government agencies authorised by law to receive it-for example, partner agencies including Centrelink, the ATO, Medicare Australia and FaCIAS; assistance agencies such as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission; the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business and the Department of Education and Training; and other agencies such as the Child Support Agency and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. |