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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) visa data-matching program has been operating since 2009.
This protocol consolidates the existing visa data-matching programs:
o October 2015 to 2016–17 financial years program (gazetted 4 August 2015)
o 2017–18 to 2019–20 financial years program (gazetted 18 December 2017).
This protocol outlines the ATO's intention to continue collecting data on visas granted in the period 2020–21 to 2022–23 financial years.
For this program the ATO collects information from the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs) on active and newly granted visas. The data is matched against the ATO's records to ensure visa holders, visa sponsors and migration agents are meeting their tax and superannuation obligations.