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Real estate agencies in Australia accused of ‘double dipping’ millions of dollars in jobkeeper – The Guardian
Exclusive: tax office investigates agencies allegedly forcing sales agents to repay taxpayer wage subsidy out of their commission
Real estate agencies are under scrutiny by the Australian Taxation Office after being accused of double dipping millions of dollars in jobkeeper payments by forcing sales agents to repay the taxpayer-funded subsidy.
The Real Estate Employers Federation has given its 1,700 members legal advice that the practice, in which agents repay jobkeeper out of their commissions so that employers keep the benefit of the subsidy, is perfectly legal.
The federations chief executive, Bryan Wilcox, denied it amounted…
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