❓ A parliamentary question on notice regarding adjusted land tax assessments issued by the Office of State Revenue, including causes, amounts, years involved, corrective actions, backlog clearance time, and potential revenue loss.
AnsweredQoN 5001Legislative Council
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(1) What was the cause of the 2 159 adjusted assessments that were issued by the Office of State Revenue?
(2) How much did the biggest single re-assessment involve?
(3) How many tax years were involved?
(4) What action has been taken to ensure that procedures are correct in future?
(5) Why does the Office of State Revenue believe it will take 18 months to clear the backlog identified in the report?
(6) Is there any reason this process cannot be done more expeditiously?
(7) What is the estimated ‘likely loss of significant revenue’ to which the Auditor General referred?
(2) How much did the biggest single re-assessment involve?
(3) How many tax years were involved?
(4) What action has been taken to ensure that procedures are correct in future?
(5) Why does the Office of State Revenue believe it will take 18 months to clear the backlog identified in the report?
(6) Is there any reason this process cannot be done more expeditiously?
(7) What is the estimated ‘likely loss of significant revenue’ to which the Auditor General referred?
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Answered
18 September 2007
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Treasurer
Response time
35 days
(1) The 2,159 figure referred to was for assessments issued in 2006?07 that related in full or in part to a prior year. The majority related to re-directing unadjusted assessment amounts to a new address (62%) and issuing of assessments for the first time for 2005?06 (34%). The balance (4%) adjusted the assessed amount mainly due to changes of exemption, land holding or taxable land valuation.
(2) $1,739,998.
(3) Four assessment years (from 2002?03 to 2005?06 inclusive).
(4) The Office of State Revenue has implemented a number of strategies to improve the accuracy of assessments, some of which are ongoing. These include:
(a) The establishment in early 2005 of a dedicated team of five officers to review and correct land data mismatches;
(b) The establishment in 2004?05 of a project to streamline and improve the automated processing and matching of land sales records received from Landgate and to improve street address information and data matching with external agencies; and
(c) The establishment in early 2005 of a dedicated compliance team for land tax matters to investigate land ownership issues and to validate exemptions.
(5) While over 50,000 of the work items on hand are being dealt with through a system?based solution, the majority of the identified land data mismatches on hand need to be dealt with manually. The 18 month figure is based on an estimated 63,000 manual work items, each taking around 10 minutes on average to complete.
(6) Yes. While it would be possible to expedite the clearance of these land data mismatches, given the materiality involved, it is resourced appropriately relative to other revenue and customer service risks.
(7) The estimated annual revenue loss is between $3 million and $5 million. This represents less than 1% of estimated annual collections for land tax and metropolitan region improvement tax.
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(2) $1,739,998.
(3) Four assessment years (from 2002?03 to 2005?06 inclusive).
(4) The Office of State Revenue has implemented a number of strategies to improve the accuracy of assessments, some of which are ongoing. These include:
(a) The establishment in early 2005 of a dedicated team of five officers to review and correct land data mismatches;
(b) The establishment in 2004?05 of a project to streamline and improve the automated processing and matching of land sales records received from Landgate and to improve street address information and data matching with external agencies; and
(c) The establishment in early 2005 of a dedicated compliance team for land tax matters to investigate land ownership issues and to validate exemptions.
(5) While over 50,000 of the work items on hand are being dealt with through a system?based solution, the majority of the identified land data mismatches on hand need to be dealt with manually. The 18 month figure is based on an estimated 63,000 manual work items, each taking around 10 minutes on average to complete.
(6) Yes. While it would be possible to expedite the clearance of these land data mismatches, given the materiality involved, it is resourced appropriately relative to other revenue and customer service risks.
(7) The estimated annual revenue loss is between $3 million and $5 million. This represents less than 1% of estimated annual collections for land tax and metropolitan region improvement tax.
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