The Morrison Government is pleased to announce
the appointment of Mr Jeremy Hirschhorn as a Second Commissioner of the
Australian Taxation Office for a seven-year period from 16 April 2020.
Mr Hirschhorn has been acting in the role of
Second Commissioner of Taxation since December 2018.
He has previously held the position of Deputy
Commissioner for Public Groups at the ATO from 2015 to 2018, and was the ATO’s
Chief Tax Counsel from 2014 to 2015.
Recently, Mr Hirschhorn has been working closely
with the Government in the implementation of the COVID-19 measures the ATO is
responsible for administering.
Prior to joining the ATO, Mr Hirschhorn spent
almost 20 years at KPMG, including as a Partner in the Taxation Division
from 2003 to 2014.
The Morrison Government congratulates Mr
Hirschhorn on his appointment.
Mr Hirschhorn was recently tasked with leading the ATO’s new work program aimed at improving taxpayers’ interaction with the tax system.
Former KPMG partner secures high-ranking ATO role - Well-Deserved Appointment
Mr Hirschhorn was recently tasked with leading the ATO’s new work program aimed at improving taxpayers’ interaction with the tax system.
Former KPMG partner secures high-ranking ATO role - Well-Deserved Appointment
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Failure often contains useful information, yet across five studies involving 11 separate samples (N = 1238), people were reluctant to share this information with others. First, using a novel experimental paradigm, we found that participants consistently undershared failure—relative to success and a no-feedback experience—even though failure contained objectively more information than these comparison experiences. Second, this reluctance to share failure generalized to professional experiences. Teachers in the field were less likely to share information gleaned from failure than information gleaned from success, and employees were less likely to share lessons gleaned from failed versus successful attempts to concentrate at work. Why are people reluctant to share failure? Across experimental and professional failures, people did not realize that failure contained useful information. The current investigation illuminates an erroneous belief and the asymmetrical world of information it produces: one where failures are common in private, but hidden in public.