The emerging stoush between the Australian Tax Office and the former private equity owners of Myer should warm the cockles of the hearts of every long-suffering Australian taxpayer.
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Senator Nick Sherry is turning into a chameleon
In Opposition, Nick Sherry was a ferocious interrogator of the tax commissioner in estimates hearings. It’s amazing how politicians can suddenly change when they get into government, writes Chris Seage.
Tips and rumours: Eating chocolate bars behind bars?
Which prison inmate is too fat to get out of bed? Who is really in charge of Nine’s programming? What’s happening with the ATO website? Tipsters tell all.
Tips and rumours: Things to change at The Oz?
Is The Oz set for a major overhaul? And what’s happening down at the ATO?
The Eels and Sharks swim in murky waters
Good old fashioned investigation into the Parramatta Eels and Cronulla Sharks reveals money laundering.
Tips and rumours: Netbank still struggling
Tipsters tell of more Netbank issues, glitches at the ATO, possible job losses at Rio Tinto and more.
Tips and rumours: Rich list in ATO’s sights
The Australian Taxation Office has decided to audit the books of Australians who have more than $30 million in personal wealth, says a Crikey tipster.
Tips and rumours: Who is your editorial manager and what does she do?
Seeing as the ABC in leaking like a sieve over the Chaser controversy, another employee gets in on the act. Plus more Westacott reminiscing, cheeky japes from the cricket world, the next appointee to the WA Supreme Court, and more.
Tips and rumours: What is a leak? Job losses at News Ltd?
A robust round of SackWatch rumours in today’s edition of tips and rumours.
ATO leakers exempt from Boucher inquiry
Senior ATO investigators who breached the secrecy provisions of the tax office will not be prosecuted, thanks to the Boucher Review’s terms of reference, writes Chris Seage.
ATO stuff-up could pull $22 out of your stimulus
A problem at the ATO is the reason why many Australians haven’t got their $900 tax bonus from the Federal Government yet, says Crikey intern Elly Keating.
Millions at risk in ATO security bungle
Millions of taxpayer dollars are at risk from criminal gangs accessing private tax details due to a serious Australian Taxation Office security bungle, writes Chris Seague.
Hoges laughs all the way to the bank in ACC payout
Taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill of a multi million dollar payout to Hogan to cover his legal bills, writes Chris Seage.
Phoenix companies: a lurk on the rise
A showdown is looming between the Australian Taxation Office and Liquidators over the explosion in use of phoenix companies, writes Chris Seage.
Lowy tax bloodhound shunned by audit committee
The chair of federal parliament’s powerful Public Accounts and Audit Committee Sharon Grierson has been left red-faced after telling Parliament in June that there was no compelling evidence for changing tax office settlement guidelines, writes Chris Seage.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
The more information that emerges about Frank Lowy’s multifarious tax arrangements, the more damage is being inflicted on Lowy’s formidable reputation.
The Lowy tax settlement: I was there
I know nothing about the Lowy tax case except what I have read about in the papers. But that particular day I will never forget. It was as if the tax office had lost its innocence, writes a former ATO officer who was there.
Frank Lowy, my part in his tax bill
I broke the story of Frank Lowy’s first costly punch-up with the Australian Taxation Office, writes Alex Mitchell.
Lowy, the RBA and tax: join the dates
recent revelations of the tax affairs of Frank Lowy make no mention of a coincidence in timing: it all happened while Lowy was on the board of the RBA, writes Stephen Mayne.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
You don’t have to be smart enough to sit on the Reserve Bank board to realise that something here doesn’t add up.
Parliament greenlights dodgy tax office settlements
After a two and a half year inquiry into tax office administration that spanned two Parliaments, the Joint Committee Of Public Accounts and Audit have concluded…wait for it…drum role please…A simpler tax system is needed in Australia, writes Chris Seage.
Film actor to ACC: Bring it on!
Crikey understands that one of Operation Wickenby’s subjects, known only as P, is looking forward to having his pseudonym formally lifted and is champing at the bit to take the gloves off.
No tax relief on petrol for work-related travel
Taxpayers will have to wait a full twelve months to get some tax relief from surging petrol prices. Bernard Keane explains.
Labor targets 600,000 tax cheats
The announcement by the Australian Taxation Office yesterday they are targeting 600,000 Australians who have purchased a motor vehicle valued at over $57,009 has sent shock waves through the Australian luxury automobile industry as well as aspirational voters, writes Chris Seage.
