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Tax Act valid – constitutional argument fails
The WA District Court recently found in favour of the Commissioner in a case involving the non-remittance of withholding taxes by the Defendant Director, and the alleged issue of a promissory note payable to the Deputy Commissioner to satisfy the liability.
The unrepresented defendant ran several novel arguments, all of which failed.
The defendant raised the constitutional card arguing that the taxation law upon which the Deputy Commissioner bases its case was unconstitutio
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Recent TPB wins: A reminder that supervision of staff is key
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has dramatically increased its investigation of tax agents who are not complying with their tax agent obligations. This is the result […][…]
tax-dispute
ATO Director Penalty Notice – Unpaid company taxes
Directors – don’t get caught being liable to pay your company’s unpaid taxes because you will be personally liable for a Director Penalty Notice (DPN). This […][…]
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TPB: Tax Practitioners Board: Tax agent investigation and deregistration
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) is dramatically increasing its tax agent investigations of tax agents leading to a consequent increase in deregistrations. The Australian Taxation Office […][…]