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ABC Four Corners exposed the truth about the ATO treatment of vulnerable small business people. First airing on 9th April, the program is available here. (Also available on ABC iView.)
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- ABC National Radio 7th April: ‘Calls for Increased scrutiny of the ATO’. (3min audio)
- ABC TV News 7th April : ‘Tax Office Scrutiny’
- Age & SMH. 4th April: ‘ATO Raids Tax Office Whistleblower Amid Fairfax-Four Corners Investigation’
- SMH & Age : 7th April ‘How could they do this? The tax office call that sent Kathryn broke.’
- ABC Online 7th April: ‘The Tax Office is facing calls for curbs on the “draconian” powers it uses to target small businesses’.
ATO Statistics on Small Business Attacks
The ATO
- 253,000 tax audit adjustments a year are sent
- 25,000 objections result
- 15,000 garnishees against small businesses people (ATO orders bank to take your money)
- 37 small business people are bankrupted a week
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Owner drivers have been abused in the past.
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Latest news
- Top (retired) Federal Court Judge blows whistle on ATO 23-Apr-2018
- ATO: Deny. Deny. Deny. 10-Apr-2018
- Reforming the ATO. An urgent but common sense agenda 10-Apr-2018
- ‘Mongrel Bunch of Bastards’: ATO Update 08-Apr-2018
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7 key ATO powers ... greater than the police
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How the ATO attacks your ABN rights
In late 2017 the ATO suddenly withdrew the ABNs of 16 work-from-home, low-income, self-employed people. This immediately destroyed their incomes. It took almost 13 weeks of hard pressure before the ATO backed down. Here’s the full story.
Testimonials from the 16
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Tax attack!
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Incredible Tax Story: Rod Douglass
The ATO accused Rod of fraud
It wanted $440,000
We spent two years defending Rod
In Court the ATO withdrew, admitting that its accusation was baseless
Here’s the incredible true story
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