STATEMENT
As soon as a decision of a Court, Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) or Small Taxation Claims Tribunal (STCT) is handed down, the officer is to contact the Litigation Secure Administrator on extension 63240 and advise the outcome so that Litigation (Secure) may be updated.
If the decision is adverse it should be sent immediately by facsimile to the Litigation Secure Administrator on extension 63908.
If the decision is favourable it should be sent in the overnight mail bag to Litigation Secure Administrator Canberra Office Mail room box No. 37 40 Cameron Avenue Belconnen ACT 2617
Case summaries are to be prepared by the action officer within 48 hours of the decision being handed down, and sent by electronic mail (cc:Mail) to the Litigation Secure Administrator for collation and distribution. Adverse decision reports should be prepared within 7 days of the decision and also sent by cc:Mail to the Litigation Secure Administrator.
If a favourable decision has been handed down and the taxpayer lodges a further appeal the action officer is to telephone the Litigation Secure Administrator immediately on 63240, so the appeals pending list can be updated and the relevant people informed.
By the 7th day of each month the Litigation Cell Managers should send a list of all current STCT, AAT, Federal Court, Full Federal Court, Supreme Courts and High Court matters to the Litigation Secure Administrator, as at the last day of the previous month, for updating and collation on Litigation (Secure). STCT List 1st Column: Date of application 2nd Column: CRS No. 3rd Column: Market Segmentation 4th Column: STCT Ref. 5th Column: Taxpayer's name 6th Column: Subject matter, year(s) in dispute and tax in dispute 7th Column: Officer 8th Column: Branch office 9th Column: Date of conference 10th Column: Date of hearing 11th Column: Result 12th Column: Date of result AAT and Court Lists 1st Column: Taxpayer's name 2nd Column: Issues. A brief description of the subject matter, provisions considered and as many keywords as are applicable to the matter, taken from the ATO Thesaurus. 3rd Column: Market Segmentation 4th Column: Year(s) in dispute 5th Column: Tax in dispute 6th Column: Date appeal lodged with AAT or Court 7th Column: For Court list venue For AAT list Current status/comments. That is hearing date, heard awaiting decision, decision issued, or any other reason for finalisation with date finalised. Also if AGS is engaged and Counsel involved. 8th Column: For Court list Current status/comments. Same as column 7 for AAT list For AAT list AAT Reference 9th Column: For Court list Court Reference For AAT list CRS Reference 10th Column: For Court list CRS Reference For AAT list officer and ATO Branch Office 11th Column: For Court list officer and ATO Branch Office