Regulation

Fake cleaners, horse breeders, project managers: tax scammers in 2024

The ATO had its hands full this past year tracking down the thousands of fraudsters who invented fake businesses to...

27 December 2024 • By Christine Chen

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NDIS fraudsters slapped with combined 12-year prison sentence

A multimillion-dollar fraud against the Tax Office and the National Disability Insurance Scheme has landed three...

04 November 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Tax fraud crimes to be repaid with diamonds: AFSA

An auction of luxury goods forfeited in Operation Elbrus is set to filter millions of dollars back into Australia,...

29 October 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

ATO continues debt recovery actions against GST fraudsters

The ATO has raised just under $2 billion in liabilities related to fraudulent GST refunds as part of Operation Protego...

22 October 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Regulation

Company slapped with termination for ‘shocking, fraudulent activity’

The Tax Practitioners Board revealed the “egregious conduct” of a tax agent company has led to its termination for a...

04 October 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Tax agent accused of $231k BAS fraud loses bid to halt TPB ban

A Sydney practitioner has failed to convince the AAT to confidentially stay the regulator’s termination decision.

23 September 2024 • By Christine Chen

Regulation

‘You will be caught’ over NDIS fraud, Shorten warns tax agents

A multi-agency crackdown is underway to stop dodgy actors from stealing money through false claims and inflated...

09 September 2024 • By Christine Chen

Regulation

Cafe owner receives 6-year sentence for $1m GST fraud

A South Australian man was arrested and sentenced to six years and six months behind bars after he obtained over $1...

08 August 2024 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Client-agent linking has stopped identity fraud: ATO

The Tax Office claims the process has been successful in stopping criminals from compromising agents’ client lists.

21 June 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Regulation

Property linked to GST fraud forfeited to Commonwealth

A property paid for by a man jailed for an $800,000 GST fraud has been forfeited to the Commonwealth.

07 May 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Accounting bodies slam ATO’s use of client linking to tackle fraud woes

IGTO report shows the ATO should have tried less burdensome anti-fraud measures before putting taxpayers and their...

01 May 2024 • By Christine Chen

Tax

ATO’s systems vulnerable to tax fraud, IGTO report cautions

The IGTO has found the ATO’s controls for preventing fraud inadequate, with fraudsters managing to lodge fraudulent...

30 April 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

ATO admits to fast-tracking client linking over fraud concerns

The Tax Office says it rejected three alternative proposals and proceeded with the current process without industry...

20 March 2024 • By Christine Chen

Business

Further fraudsters jailed over GST fraud scheme

A further three people have been sentenced over their involvement in the GST fraud scheme uncovered by Operation...

29 February 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

GST fraud to see ‘grittier, slower’ GST registrations, ATO Commissioner warns

System changes made off the back off the GST refund fraud scheme may result in a more difficult GST registration...

22 February 2024 • By Miranda Brownlee

Regulation

ATO defends ‘strong’ GST fraud controls against ANAO criticism

The Tax Office says it is equipped to respond to fraud despite a critical report released by the national audit office...

15 February 2024 • By Christine Chen

Regulation

Audit office damns ATO safeguards in wake of $2bn GST fraud

The Tax Office lacked the ability to respond to the widespread fake GST claims uncovered in late 2021, the Australian...

14 February 2024 • By Philip King

Regulation

Resort developer gets 10-year sentence for $15m tax fraud

Long-running ATO case dating back to the early noughties ends in jail term for conspirator who fled overseas.

13 February 2024 • By Philip King