Glenn Wheatley, former member of The Master’s Apprentices, manager of John Farnham and former manager of Delta, diddled his taxes. For some reason the media thought that warranted tailing the “celebrity tax cheat” OJ style, writes Sophie Black.
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D’Ascenzo: Trust in me your tax sins and… go to jail
Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo is getting desperate. He knows his much vaunted Operation Wickenby is seriously in the red, writes former tax office auditor Chris Seage.
Tips and rumours
The Victorian Liberal Party’s civil war that was started by the leaking of the dismissal of two errant bloggers is threatening to go nuclear. This started as an intra-factional conflict but the leakers did not realise the amount of explosive material held by those they targeted. There is talk of emails incriminating not merely Liberal […]
Carnal camera! Tax sleuths seize CCTV from brothels
The ATO are now seizing brothels’ CCTV footage to check the number of patrons against their cash receipts, writes Chris Seage.
Taxpayer Alert: ATO has your bank application under review
ATO auditors are trying to stitch up taxpayers with big tax bills on the basis of inflated income figures provided to lenders — but often it’s the mortgage brokers doing the inflating, writes Chris Seage.
Taxpayers the winner as ALP keep tax watchdog
Taxpayers were grinning from ear to ear after the Government announced it will retain the office of the Inspector‑General of Taxation as a separate independent statutory office, writes Chris Seage.
ATO ruling to send community health into chaos?
In a decision that has “dramatic” implications for rural health communities around Victoria, the ATO has announced that the charitable status of community health centres around the state will be revoked.
