Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 31 January 2011:

(1) How many agreements does the Australian Taxation Office have with businesses based in Tasmania for tax payment deferral, or arrangements to pay owed taxation instalments.

(2) How does this number compare with the previous 3 years.

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

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

(1) and (2) The ATO manages and reports its debt collection data on a national basis and is unable to provide exact figures for payment deferrals and arrangements to pay by instalments on a state-by-state basis. However, the tables below provide estimated figures for the number of payment deferrals and payment arrangements for businesses with a Tasmania postcode.

Table 1: Estimated number of active payment deferrals for businesses in Tasmania as at:

Table 2: Estimated number of active arrangements to pay by instalments for businesses in Tasmania as at:

Based on data extracted on 14 February 2011.