Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) Due to the operation of the secrecy provisions under Division 355, Schedule 1 of the Tax Administration Act 1953 (particularly section 355-25) the Commissioner of Taxation is unable to disclose information concerning the taxation affairs of individual taxpayers. The information requested does not fall within the exceptions set out in this division.

(2) The table below outlines the number of taxpayers that have claimed the microbrewery excise refund since 1 July 2003.

Note – the microbrewery excise refund commenced on 1 July 2000, however the Excise Collection System only holds data from 1 July 2003.