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Jun Au of DLA Piper Australia analyses the expansion of the existing registers regarding foreign ownership of Australian assets in July 2023 and reports on the ruling in a case concerning sham payroll service entities.

The verdicts come after a six-year investigation by the AFP and ATO, plus an eight-month trial.

The jury in the marathon trial for one of Australias largest ever tax frauds has found the son of a former tax boss guilty of of defrauding more than $100 million to fund his life of luxury.

A jury has found three people, including the son of a former Australian Taxation Office official, guilty of...

Five people are on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth of $105 million through a company tax scheme.

Five people are on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth of $105 million through a company tax scheme.

Five people are on trial in the NSW Supreme Court accused of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth of $105 million through a company tax scheme.

One of the accused allegedly said it “would be the biggest tax fraud in Australia’s history”. They have all pleaded not guilty.

04:33 EDT, 26 May 2021 The trial of a former 60 Minutes producer accused of blackmailing alleged tax scammers for $5million has ended in a hung jury. Veteran Sydney journalist Stephen Barrett was discharged by the NSW Supreme court after the jury failed to reach a verdict. The 63-year-old pleaded not guilty to blackmailing the alleged Plutus fraudsters Adam Cranston, Jason Onley and Dev Menon by using his media status to threaten the trio. During the high-profile trial, Australian TV icon a...

Date Time Journo ‘menaced’ alleged tax rort cartel A veteran crime journalist received about $2000 to help blackmail $5m from members of a $100m tax fraud syndicate, a court has heard. Details of a listening device planted by Australian Federal Police inside a lawyers’ office, which captured an alleged shakedown of the players in the Plutus Payroll scandal, are set to be aired in the NSW Supreme Court as Stephen Barrett stands trial. Mr Barrett, 63, has denied being a part of a joint crim...