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Tougher enforcement needed on client verification, says OCR Labs

Client verification standards for tax agents must be made mandatory to combat the growing threat of identity fraud, an...

16 May 2023 • By Miranda Brownlee

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Aged care provider underpaid staff more than $3.5m

The underpayment of almost 5,000 employees comes as the government provides a 15 per cent increase in the industry’s...

15 May 2023 • By Josh Needs

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$4.4m in back pay: UTS joins list of universities short-changing staff

More than 2,777 employees were underpaid over seven years with some individual shortfalls exceeding $200,000.

12 May 2023 • By Josh Needs

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Why cashless gaming would be an unwise all-in wager

Moves to mandate electronic payments could simply push money laundering and problem gambling elsewhere.

12 May 2023 • By Joseph Vitalone

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Second member of $105m fraud syndicate sentenced to 9 years

Plutus payroll tax conspirator who controlled key bank accounts gets long jail term.

09 May 2023 • By Philip King

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IT company fined for short-changing visa engineer

The FWO is prioritising action to uphold the rights of vulnerable workers from overseas, it says.

05 May 2023 • By Philip King

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ASIC bans 3 directors for total of 12 failed companies, $10.6m debt

The unrelated directors wound up owing unsecured creditors $8.7 million and the ATO a further $1.9 million.

04 May 2023 • By Philip King

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$12m illegal tobacco haul destroyed in NSW

A joint taskforce discovered 77 tonnes of illicit tobacco and the ATO estimates 10 per cent of excise is evaded.

03 May 2023 • By Philip King