❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on debt write-offs across departments under the Minister's responsibility, including volumes, debtor numbers, and specific ABN holder debts. The response provides figures for various agencies, with some data gaps and privacy limitations.
AnsweredQoN 4130Legislative Assembly
Asked
9 October 2018
Member
Portfolio
Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science
QuestionView source ↗
For each department, agency or trading enterprise for which the Minister is responsible: (a) what is the volume of debts written off for: (i) 2015/16; (ii) 2016/17; and (iii) 2017/18; (b) how many debtors had debts written off for each of the above financial years; and (c) please provide the names of all debtors with an ABN that had debts written off, and the value of those debts for each entity?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 February 2019
Responded by
Minister for Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science
Response time
18 days
Aqwest Ex-Gratia Allowances*1 (GST Free) (a) (i) $141 507 (ii) $93 857 (iii) $133 466 (b) 2015/16: 179 2016/17 126 2017/18 183 (c) Unable to ascertain
*1 An Ex-Gratia allowance for customers who have had hidden leaks at their property, and meet Aqwest's policy criteria for a 'write-off' or reduction to their water bill. *2 Aqwest does not hold ABN information on water consumption accounts.
Busselton Water (a) (i) $31 732 Debts written off - $917 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $30 815 (ii) $54 582 Debts written off - $16 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $54 566 (iii) $25 109 Debts written off - $2 294 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $22 815 (b) 2015/16: 39 Debts written off – 1 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 38 2016/17 42 Debts written off – 1 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 41 2017/18 46 Debts written off - 2 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 44 (c) 2015/16: Cornerstone Church of Christ $229.10 Assemblies of God $1 424.45 City of Busselton $604.50 2016/17: City of Busselton - Baptist Union of WA $3 994.35 2017/18: BCL Group Pty Ltd $1 036.64 Dig Deep Contracting Pty Ltd $1 257.36 Cranes ‘R’ Us (WA) Pty Ltd $607.59 Moksha Pty Ltd $654.40 RAC Tourism Assets Pty Ltd $3 064 Items written off are not subject to GST and hence no GST implications. ChemCentre (a) (i) $76 (ii) $1 522 (iii) $8 046.16 (b) 2015/16: 1 2016/17: 6 2017/18: 5 (c) 2015/16: No ABN Debtors 2016/17: Duce Beverage Co. $249.70 Anat Pty ltd $248 2017/18: Mount Romance $1 100 APTS Pty Ltd $2 240 Lander & Rogers Lawyers $3 487 NSW Health $600 All debt volumes are excluding GST.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Department of Fisheries (a) (i) $196.62 (ii) $8 027.74 (b) 2015/16: 3 2016/17: 7 (c) 2015/16: No ABN Debtors 2016/17: No ABN Debtors
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (a) (iii) Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4119 (b) 2017/18: Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4119 (c) 2017/18: Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4119
All debt volumes are inclusive of GST, where applicable.
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation Department of Water (a) (i) $9 000 (ii) Nil (b) 2015/16: 1 2016/17: Nil (c) 2015/16: Department of Parks and Wildlife $9 000 (excluding GST) 2016/17: Nil
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (a) (iii) Nil (b) 2017/18: Nil (c) 2017/18: Nil
Forest Products Commission (a) (i) $96 459.68 (ii) $1 069.39 (iii) Nil (b) 2015/16: 5 2016/17: 1 2017/18: Nil (c) 2015/16: AusLink Solutions Pty Ltd $1 544.75 S&M Enterprises $25 353.71 Firetail Farms $19 507.88 Rainbow Ridge Resources $30 929.90 2016/17: Not applicable. 2017/18: Nil All debt volumes are inclusive of GST.
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4114.
Office of Digital Government (a) For the former Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, no debts were written off in the 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 financial years. (b)-(c) Not applicable.
Water Corporation (a) (i) $5 574 461 Debts written off - $508 145 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $5 066 316 (ii) $7 150 004 Debts written off - $372 724 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $6 777 280 (iii) $5 718 226 Debts written off - $905 002 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $4 813 224 (b) 2015/16: 8 757 Debts written off – 113 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 8 644 2016/17 10 489 Debts written off – 196 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 10 293 2017/18 8 152 Debts written off - 351 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 7 801 (c) Under the Water Corporation’s Privacy Policy, customer financial information cannot be released.
Note: All debt volumes are excluding GST. A “bad debt” is defined as a debt that all reasonable means of recovery have failed to recover in part or in whole. An “allowance” is defined as an amount waived by the Corporation as a once-off goodwill gesture to assist a particular customer, e.g. leak allowance for hidden leaks repaired by a licensed plumber.
*1 An Ex-Gratia allowance for customers who have had hidden leaks at their property, and meet Aqwest's policy criteria for a 'write-off' or reduction to their water bill. *2 Aqwest does not hold ABN information on water consumption accounts.
Busselton Water (a) (i) $31 732 Debts written off - $917 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $30 815 (ii) $54 582 Debts written off - $16 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $54 566 (iii) $25 109 Debts written off - $2 294 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $22 815 (b) 2015/16: 39 Debts written off – 1 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 38 2016/17 42 Debts written off – 1 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 41 2017/18 46 Debts written off - 2 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 44 (c) 2015/16: Cornerstone Church of Christ $229.10 Assemblies of God $1 424.45 City of Busselton $604.50 2016/17: City of Busselton - Baptist Union of WA $3 994.35 2017/18: BCL Group Pty Ltd $1 036.64 Dig Deep Contracting Pty Ltd $1 257.36 Cranes ‘R’ Us (WA) Pty Ltd $607.59 Moksha Pty Ltd $654.40 RAC Tourism Assets Pty Ltd $3 064 Items written off are not subject to GST and hence no GST implications. ChemCentre (a) (i) $76 (ii) $1 522 (iii) $8 046.16 (b) 2015/16: 1 2016/17: 6 2017/18: 5 (c) 2015/16: No ABN Debtors 2016/17: Duce Beverage Co. $249.70 Anat Pty ltd $248 2017/18: Mount Romance $1 100 APTS Pty Ltd $2 240 Lander & Rogers Lawyers $3 487 NSW Health $600 All debt volumes are excluding GST.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Department of Fisheries (a) (i) $196.62 (ii) $8 027.74 (b) 2015/16: 3 2016/17: 7 (c) 2015/16: No ABN Debtors 2016/17: No ABN Debtors
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (a) (iii) Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4119 (b) 2017/18: Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4119 (c) 2017/18: Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4119
All debt volumes are inclusive of GST, where applicable.
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation Department of Water (a) (i) $9 000 (ii) Nil (b) 2015/16: 1 2016/17: Nil (c) 2015/16: Department of Parks and Wildlife $9 000 (excluding GST) 2016/17: Nil
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (a) (iii) Nil (b) 2017/18: Nil (c) 2017/18: Nil
Forest Products Commission (a) (i) $96 459.68 (ii) $1 069.39 (iii) Nil (b) 2015/16: 5 2016/17: 1 2017/18: Nil (c) 2015/16: AusLink Solutions Pty Ltd $1 544.75 S&M Enterprises $25 353.71 Firetail Farms $19 507.88 Rainbow Ridge Resources $30 929.90 2016/17: Not applicable. 2017/18: Nil All debt volumes are inclusive of GST.
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation Please see response to Legislative Assembly Question on Notice No. 4114.
Office of Digital Government (a) For the former Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, no debts were written off in the 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 financial years. (b)-(c) Not applicable.
Water Corporation (a) (i) $5 574 461 Debts written off - $508 145 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $5 066 316 (ii) $7 150 004 Debts written off - $372 724 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $6 777 280 (iii) $5 718 226 Debts written off - $905 002 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - $4 813 224 (b) 2015/16: 8 757 Debts written off – 113 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 8 644 2016/17 10 489 Debts written off – 196 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 10 293 2017/18 8 152 Debts written off - 351 Ex-gratia allowance hidden leaks - 7 801 (c) Under the Water Corporation’s Privacy Policy, customer financial information cannot be released.
Note: All debt volumes are excluding GST. A “bad debt” is defined as a debt that all reasonable means of recovery have failed to recover in part or in whole. An “allowance” is defined as an amount waived by the Corporation as a once-off goodwill gesture to assist a particular customer, e.g. leak allowance for hidden leaks repaired by a licensed plumber.
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