Pay increases should gbe linked to improvements in service delivery to Australian taxpayers, writes Chris Seage, tax consultant and former ATO audit manager writes:
Operation Wickenby
Wickenby brand damaged after ACC back-flip on Hoges
The Wickenby brand has been diminished in the light of the Australian Crime Commission’s (ACC) back-flip this week in calling a halt to the criminal investigation of Paul Hogan and John Cornell, writes Chris Seage, tax consultant and former ATO audit manager.
Hoges, dodging the ATO, expecting a smaller tax bill
The Crime Commission yesterday waved the white flag in its fight against Australian entertainment icon Paul Hogan and his manager and mate John Cornell. But Hogan isn’t exactly in the clear yet with the other Wickenby authorities, says Chris Seage.
Tax Office won’t prosecute Australia’s worst tax cheat
Glenn Wheatley is jailed for $300,000 in tax cheating. Yet an unnamed tax cheat who owed tax totalling $242million gets away with no prosecution, writes Chris Seague.
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.
D’Ascenzo under pressure over Wickenby breaches
Commissioner of Taxation Michael D’Ascenzo is under pressure after details emerged that the ATO secrecy has been breached, writes Chris Seage.
ACC’s Hoges Wickenby witch hunt
A Crikey investigation has revealed that the Australian Crime Commission fought Paul Hogan for two years to obtain “irrelevant” documents, 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.
Papers defy Wheatley suppression order
What were they thinking at The Age and The Financial Review last week? Both papers ran stories last Thursday, May 1, which appear to have breached a suppression order in the case involving music promoter Glenn Wheatley, writes Greg Barns,
What does the Brereton finding mean for Operation Wickenby?
Privately, leading lawyers have told me that yesterday’s court decision will have an adverse impact on any summons issued to Wickenby targets, writes Chris Seage.
Lifting the veil on the Australian Crime Commission
Yesterday’s victory by celebrity lawyer Michael Brereton over the Australian Crime Commission (the ACC) was a rare one and lifted the veil ever so slightly on one of the most shadowy and powerful bodies in the Australian criminal law, writes Greg Barns.
