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ATO jails international student for $117k tax return – Yahoo Finance Australia
The tax office has been inundated with tip-offs from concerns Aussies.
ATO jails international student for $117k tax return. Source: Getty
An international student has been handed a jail sentence after the Australian Taxation Office received a tip-off that the perpetrator was involved in a tax fraud scheme.
According to the ATO, the student had obtained the visa details of a number of foreign nationals living in Australia, and used them to generate tax file numbers and lodge paper tax returns on their behalf.
The student received more than $117,000 in tax returns,…
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