A giant multinational wants to expand its use of Third World Asian nations to undertake data work for the Australian government.

The Australian Taxation Office is considering an offer from computing behemoth Accenture to move outsourced IT work to the Philippines but the ATO insists that no personal tax information would be sent overseas under the deal.

The ATO is considering an offer from computing behemoth Accenture. Credit:Louie Douvis

Accenture has been quietly using IT workers in India for several years to work on Australia's National eHealth Initiative but the Health Department is adamant that no patient data or medical records leaves Australian shores under the arrangement.

Accenture is a global contracting player and one of the federal government's preferred consulting firms.