Income tax fraud


Taxation: cops target phoenixing and refund fraud

Tradesmen, building workers, elite athletes, cleaners and dodgy businessmen who collapse companies are on the tax office budget hit list over the next four years, writes Chris Seage, a tax consultant and former ATO audit manager.

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.

Time to name and shame our worst tax cheats

The time has come for Australia to catch up with the rest of the world and start naming and shaming our worst tax cheats, writes Chris Seage.

Recent form suggests Wheatley will do time

Will rock music entrepreneur Glenn Wheatley go to jail for tax fraud? The answer, if recent sentences are anything to go by, is that it’s a distinct possibility. And Mr Wheatley is likely to get a jail term of some length if Victorian County Court Judge Tim Wood determines jail time is warranted.