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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.
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A 44-year-old Victorian man has been sentenced to 5 months in jail at the Parramatta Local Court for both obtaining and attempting to obtain a financial advantage by deception. Mr Ibrahim El-Hassan pretended to be a tax agent and lodged multiple false income tax returns on behalf of unsuspecting clients, and stole refunds totalling $43,205. He was also ordered to pay $43,205.63 in reparation.
An investigation was first launched in 2006 after a bank employee noticed an account had received two Australian Taxation Office (ATO) refunds of more than $10,000 on the same day in different names. It was discovered that Mr El-Hassan had lodged five false income tax returns on behalf of clients who believed him to be a registered tax agent.
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