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Raising debts resulting from a failure to provide Tax File Numbers (TFNs) 107-04020080



This document outlines information on when and how debts can be raising debts when a customer has not providing a Tax File Number (TFN).

Impact on payments due to a failure to provide a TFN

Step

Action

1

Payment cancelled + Read more ...

Customer's payment has been cancelled as Tax File Number (TFN) not provided within 28 days.

Has the customer provided the TFN within 13 weeks of the decision to cancel?

2

Payment reinstated + Read more ...

When the payment is restored, the payments received by the customer before providing TFN are no longer a debt.

Procedure ends here.

3

Payment not reinstated + Read more ...

There is no entitlement to payments received after the 28 day TFN grace period.

Debts identified in the 28 day TFN grace period should be finalised no debt (FND).

Any amount paid after day 28 is a debt.

4

Is the debt to be raised using the Debt Action script? + Read more ...

5

Manually raise the debt + Read more ...

6

Record all details on a DOC + Read more ...