Protecting the tax system against fraud
Start date: 1 July 2026
The Government will provide $86.3 million over four years to help detect and prevent fraud in the tax system.
The Government will also strengthen the ATO’s ability to combat fraud by tax agents and other intermediaries. The ATO will be given powers to pause the recovery of tax debts of taxpayers who are victims of fraud by tax intermediaries, and waive those debts in appropriate circumstances, and to recover the debts from the tax intermediaries.
The ATO will undertake additional targeted compliance activities to further address fraud in the system, including in relation to the R&D Tax Incentive.