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A Brisbane-based tax agent has been jailed for seven and a half months and fined $640,000 as part of a Federal Court prosecution launched by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB).
The TPB announced that the man, Kent Scott Hacker, had received the sentence for multiple offences under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA).
The Court granted the TPB request for permanent injunctions against each entity, restraining Hacker, One Stop Global Staffing Pty Ltd (OSGS) and Naleview Pty Limited, from further provision of unregistered tax agent services. Hacker was also restrained from providing BAS services whilst unregistered.
The TPB issued a statement that the sentence represented a welcome outcome after a protracted investigation and litigation, during which Mr Hacker continued to act illegally.