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it does also depend on the size of the debt as to their "attitude". I remember being on the phone to the ATO and I could hear a conversation next to my operator while she was typing - talking about $750k worth of taxation owed and the person handling that call was not a quarter as cordial as...

BayView - most people are on either quarterly GST instalments or quarterly tax instalments - which are all payment plans I guess. tell you what though - if it weren't for payment plans I'd have been stuffed in 2008. enforceable too, even though it's an estimate.

Larger debts over $25k generally incur a 20-25% deposit and then a payment plan that generally doesn't extend past two years. If the debt is due to an honest oversight, they MAY accept a 10-15% lump sum and then favourable repayment plan. Either way - you have to make good on the tax...