AG won’t stop prosecution of Richard Boyle – the ATO ‘whistleblower’ who went public on Four Corners about garnishee abuses – after his failed attempt to make protected disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

Tax Month - January to April 2019

Australian Financial Review, p.40, Monday 29 April 2019 – written by Adele Feguson – link to article Tax Technical observations: For anyone interested in this, it is well worth following the links embedded in this article. Richard Boyle attempted to make protected disclosures under Commonwealth public service whistleblower legislation: Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013, and…

Small Business Ombudsman reaches different conclusions to the IGT on ATO collection practices – following same Four Corners allegations

Tax Month - January to April 2019

The prominent Kate Carnell, in her capacity as the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, issued an important report, on the ATO’s debt collection practices, including ‘garnishee notices’, which challenges contrary conclusions by the IGT one month earlier (see related Tax Technical article) and the Commissioner’s response to this apparent vindication (see related TT…