Integrated Tax Design Review

The consultant will be required to undertake a range of services as described below to assist the ATO in identifying the drivers of complexity in the integrated tax design process and how they may be addressed.

Services include, but may not be limited to:

a)maintain communication with the ATO Representative
and other stakeholders including recurring informal weekly
progress reports outlining observations and progress and
formal briefings as required.
b)work with key stakeholders (both government and private
sector) individually to understand:
I.What they feel their role is in the tax design process
(the hats they wear);
II.How they feel they contribute to the problem of
complexity and how they could contribute to a solution;
III.How they feel others contribute to the problem;
IV.How others could contribute to a solution; and
V.What improvements they think could be made
(systemically, structurally, behaviorally, culturally and in
the process).
c)Conduct research on what has been thought of before, and
examine why previous attempts to address complexity of
policy and law have not gained traction. This may include
international standards comparison where relevant.
d) Facilitate workshops/ interviews with key stakeholders to
work through the themes identified
e)Develop recommendations on potential solutions s including
principles that can be adopted in the tax design process
f)Develop an action plan for implementing recommendations