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February 25, 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has secured its first criminal conviction for JobKeeper fraud, after a man was found guilty of falsely claiming he was a sole trader in order to receive the coronavirus wage subsidy.
The Melbourne man was convicted in the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for three counts of making a false and misleading statement to the ATO.
He was fined $3,000 and ordered to pay $3,000 in compensation and $282 in costs.
The man lodged two JobKeeper applications that claimed he was a sole trader who experienced a downturn of at least 30% in turnover in May and June.
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The auditor general has warned smaller government agencies may only be audited once every 20 years due to Coalition cuts of $6.4m from its annual budget. Grant Hehir, whose agency uncovered the $27m overspend on land at Western Sydney airport and proved partisan allocation of $100m in sports grants, gave the evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the Australian National Audit Office on Friday. ANAO officials revealed that the ratio of senior.
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The watchdog in charge of keeping the government accountable for its use of taxpayer money says his budget has fallen so much, some agencies might only face scrutiny once every 20 years and auditors are tolerating âuncomfortableâ risks in financial statements.
Auditor-General Grant Hehir says budget pressures have left him with no choice but cut audits, which he says contribute to a better performing public sector.
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The cut will bring down the number of audits by a quarter, from a historical average of 48 a year to 36, the lowest number this century, bar 2016 when the double dissolution of Parliament meant fewer sitting weeks to deliver his reports.