Australian Taxation Office

COVID-19 Stimulus Measures Closure Report – Cash Flow Boost Project.

FOI-2025-00251 Released 25 pages PDF

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This closure report documents the ATO's administration of the Cash Flow Boost stimulus program, a COVID-19 economic response measure announced 12 March 2020. The initiative provided temporary cash flow support to eligible small and medium-sized businesses and not-for-profit organisations, with initial payments ranging from $2,000 to $25,000 per entity. The document is a corporate project closure template designed for rapid-turnaround COVID-19 stimulus initiatives (under 12 weeks from initiation to delivery), capturing project governance information normally recorded separately in standard closure and planning processes. Senior Accountable Officer Kasey Macfarlane approved the project closure on 2 November 2020. The report was prepared to track implementation outcomes and support mandatory assurance checks within the ATO's portfolio governance framework, reflecting the government's fiscal response to pandemic-related economic disruption.

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