http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/10/time-to-name-and-shame-our-worst-tax-cheats/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/10/time-to-name-and-shame-our-worst-tax-cheats/#comment-5564 davo Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5564 The ATO have been chasing ex-ALP senator Graeme Richardson (fruitlessly) for some years. Surely there's no political bias here.... The ATO have been chasing ex-ALP senator Graeme Richardson (fruitlessly) for some years. Surely there’s no political bias here….

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/10/time-to-name-and-shame-our-worst-tax-cheats/#comment-5565 David M Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5565 Where has natural justice gone?....innocent until proven guilty.....when proved guilty of tax fraud, the penalties should make naming and shaming irrelevant in terms of pain inflicted. It does not....why?...'cos the ATO wimps out and settles for (in one case) $20m of a (disputed) $130m fraud.<br />"Commercial considerations"....but if you or I owe $10,000....get ready to sell the house. Where has natural justice gone?….innocent until proven guilty…..when proved guilty of tax fraud, the penalties should make naming and shaming irrelevant in terms of pain inflicted. It does not….why?…’cos the ATO wimps out and settles for (in one case) $20m of a (disputed) $130m fraud.
“Commercial considerations”….but if you or I owe $10,000….get ready to sell the house.

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