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

asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 25 March 2011:

(1) What is the target timeframe for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to reimburse business proprietors with owed monies accrued from the goods and services tax (GST).

(2) Can details be provided of: (a) the greatest length of time it is has taken to reimburse an individual business owner with GST monies owed by the ATO; and (b) why it took so long.

(3) What is the average time taken for a business owner to be reimbursed with GST monies owed.

(4) Can an outline be provided of the percentages of reimbursed monies owed to business owners as per the ATO's key performance indicator, for example, more than: (a) 7 days; and (b) 14 days, etc.