[LINK] Tax Office staff spying on clients

Peter Bowditch peter at ratbags.com
Tue Aug 29 16:28:29 AEST 2006


> > The revelations come a week after multi-millionaire former actor 
> > and producer John Cornell - who is facing allegations that he and 
> > Paul Hogan held $40 million in Swiss-administered trusts and 
> > offshore companies without declaring it to the ATO - accused the 
> > tax office of a campaign of media leaks.

"Media leaks" is a quaint way of describing press releases from the ATO, 
the Australian Crime Commission and others. When the government allocates 
more than $300 million to a hunt for tax cheats it is not surprising to 
hear some squeals from the targets.


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Peter Bowditch
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