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Over 10% rise in dodgy tax agent tip-offs

More than 200 tip-offs about potentially dodgy behaviour on the part of accountants and other tax agents were reported by taxpayers last financial year, the ATO has revealed.

Over 10% rise in dodgy tax agent tip-offs
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Over 10% rise in dodgy tax agent tip-offs

Last Friday, the Tax Office revealed that a one-year prison sentence had been given to a tax agent found to have deliberately underreported the earnings of eight clients in order to deliver higher tax refunds, pocketing the difference, in a scheme worth more than $90,000.   

Read more at the Accountants Daily

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