[LINK] Spammer's revenge?

[Adam Todd]

At 03:17 29/07/2008, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>Darrell Burkey wrote:
>
> > Hardly. Haven't you heard of Al Capone? Believe me, the Internal Revenue
> > Service is feared more than any legal or military force. :-)
>
>You're not wrong.
>
>Did you know the ATO can drain your personal or company bank account
>to obtain tax owing? I don't think any other agency, government or
>otherwise, can do such a thing without having a debit approval form
>signed by the account holder.

The Child Support Agency can ARREST you at Customs./Immigration 
either LEAVING (their preferred option) or arriving in Australia.

They want powers to drain bank accounts.

>Once your account has been emptied, you can, if you wish, take the
>ATO to court. It will take years to clear up. This has happened to
>people I know.

Yes, and strange how the ATO in some of those cases has lost!