A 2025 ANAO performance audit found the ATO's procurement of IT managed services ballooned from $19.06M to $88.11M — a $69M, 362% overrun — due to poor scope management and inadequate contract oversight. The ANAO found the ATO did not adequately plan procurements, failed to document value-for-money assessments, and lacked effective controls to prevent cost escalation.
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$69.0M of Australian taxpayer money was wasted at Australian Taxation Office. A 2025 ANAO performance audit found the ATO's procurement of IT managed services ballooned from $19.06M to $88.11M — a $69M, 362% overrun — due to poor scope management and inadequate contract oversight. The ANAO found the ATO did not adequately plan procurements, failed to document value-for-money assessments, and lacked effective controls to prevent cost escalation.
Spread across Australia's 10.8 million households, that's roughly $6 per family — enough in total for covering the university fees of 2,300 students.
🚨 ATO spent $88M on IT consultants. They budgeted $19M. That's a $69M blowout — 362% over. And ANAO says fraud controls were "not fit for purpose." Your tax authority can't manage its own contracts. @reckonerAU
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