Inspector-General of Taxation
Inspector-General of Taxation
Treasury portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 137
- Contract value (all years): 11,478,414 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 590,169 AUD
- APS headcount: 23
- Budget 2026-27: 9,419 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 497,694 AUD
- Directory roles: 1
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-06-08 — Complaints against ATO skyrocket, says inspector general
- 2025-05-27 — ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle avoids jail in controversial plea deal
- 2025-02-12 — Ombud granted enhanced investigation and oversight powers
- 2025-02-03 — Ombud bill given thumbs up by inquiry
- 2024-06-27 — Movers & Shakers: Kean for CCA, first ART members revealed
- 2024-02-22 — Movers & Shakers: Queensland picks DPP and reef panel chair, apprenticeship review leaders named
- 2023-08-22 — SMEs paying $1 million to challenge ATO: Reimbursement report
- 2022-03-15 — What to do when fatigue sets into your agency during times of crisis
- 2021-05-02 — ‘Deeply disappointing’: tax office pushes ahead with prosecution of whistleblower Richard Boyle
- 2020-07-03 — Charges against former ATO staffer Richard Boyle dropped from 66 to 24
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation ⚠️ | APSC APS Employment Data | 2017-18 to 2021-22 | 419 |
| Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation ⚠️ | APSC agency metrics | 2017-18 to 2021-22 | 69 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2024-25 | 54 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2019-20 to 2026-27 | 137 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | Annual report governance tables | 2019-20 to 2024-25 | 23 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | Annual report expenditure | 2020-21 to 2024-25 | 31 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | APSC APS Employment Data | 2021-22 to 2025-26 | 502 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | APSC agency metrics | 2021-22 to 2025-26 | 88 |
| Inspector-General of Taxation | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 30 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation (2017-18 to 2021-22). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 15 | $1,077,254 |
| Consultancy | 16 | $78,195 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexus Property Services Pty Limited | 66080918252 | $645,350 | 2020-21 |
| Bro-IT Pty Ltd | 58642357140 | $245,671 | 2020-21 |
| Resolve Software Group Pty Ltd | 87063320696 | $101,641 | 2020-21 |
| Aurion Corporation Pty Ltd | 63050431868 | $43,797 | 2020-21, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| HD IT | 59339678158 | $39,676 | 2020-21, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Orima Research (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 77076347914 | $28,348 | 2020-21, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Collier Creative Pty Ltd | 76059535992 | $20,833 | 2020-21 |
| Wordmakers | 50429218240 | $16,408 | 2020-21, 2023-24 |
| Streem Pty Ltd | 12600621672 | $11,908 | 2020-21 |
| Investa Asset Management Pty Ltd | 16089301922 | $692 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| PNP Solutions Pty Ltd T/as ECLEVA (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 31075938242 | $318 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Arrow Projects Pty Ltd | 12615447124 | $278 | 2023-24 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 52.2% | at this date |
| % Female | 34.8% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 60.9% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 8.7% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 14.3% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 28.6% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 100.0% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 4.7% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 23 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 43.4 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 13.9 years | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Year by year
| Measure | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 28 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 | |
| Contracts | 11 | 34 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Contract value | $460,921 | $1,895,522 | $1,263,648 | $5,501,939 | $585,424 | $481,950 | $1,000,713 | $288,298 | ||
| Budget ($000) | 7,296 | 9,419 | ||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 13 | |||
| Top total pay | $392,905 | $497,694 | $454,378 | $0 | $467,021 | $441,649 | $471,354 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation (2017-18 to 2021-22). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
