The number of restricted ATO records & the number of employees with access to these records

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This FOI release is a one-page statistical document created under section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, responding to a request for the number of restricted ATO records and the number of staff with access to them. As at 31 August 2026, the ATO reported 31,089 restricted individual tax records and fewer than 10 restricted non-individual records. As at August 2026, 834 ATO employees had access to restricted records. Both figures are noted as subject to regular change. The document contains no policy guidance, compliance briefings or discussion of internal concerns or trade-offs. It is a point-in-time count, with no breakdown by tax type, scheme or administrative process.