The Australian Taxation Office has confirmed it is referring dodgy JobKeeper claims that may have broken financial crime laws to the police, with the tax office already clawing back about $75 million in ineligible payments.
“Our response for those trying to deliberately rort the system is very different … we will bring down the full force of the law,” he said in his opening statement to the COVID-19 Senate committee. It is understood the ATO has not initiated any penalties or charges for people who have rorted either early release or JobKeeper.
Millions of Australians have been forced to go on government payment schemes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: William West / AFPThrough a tax loophole, a person is able to withdraw money through the scheme tax free and then choose to salary sacrifice their pay into their superannuation at a lower tax rate.
I expect the ATO to be bloody busy over the next few months.
They only target the little person
hahahaha good luck with that..... what happened to the ATO bosses that ripped of the government oooo yeah Nothing
But not if you are a family in Melbourne knowingly spreading covid. Seems legit
I thought Super was their money anyway.
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