The visa subclasses to be data matched by Australian Tax Office (ATO) are the following: “Subclasses 406, 410, 411, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428, 442, 457, 462, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 580”
The period of time to be data matched is: “between the period 01/01/2012 and 30/6/2014 inclusive from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 income years.”
The ATO aims to “ to identify potential fraud, and other non compliance with lodgment and payment obligations under taxation law.”
For more details visit original notice from Commissioner of Taxation:
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/
An article from the Age reporting on the data matching:
http://www.watoday.com.au/
