Tax crime investigations and results
Tax crime investigations and results
Our tax and superannuation systems are two of Australia's most important community assets - they provide the revenue and wealth that support our stable and law-abiding society. Australia generally has a strong culture of voluntary compliance. However, a small number of people still try to cheat the community and gain an unfair advantage by committing fraud or deliberately avoiding their tax and super obligations. We work with the government and the community to protect out tax and superannuation systems by deterring, detecting and dealing with anyone who has intentionally not complied with the law.
We ensure those people who are disengaged from the tax system and resistant to complying with their obligations face serious consequences for their behaviour, including prosecution.
We take all forms of tax crime and intentional non-compliance seriously. The seriousness of these offences is also being recognised through the sentences being handed down in the courts, examples of which are in our prosecution media releases below.
The tables below provide a summary of prosecutions for:
- serious offences for fraud - which are investigated by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP)
- summary offences under the Tax Administration Act - which are generally prosecuted by the ATO and include failing to lodge a tax return and providing false and misleading information to the ATO.
Serious fraud*
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Cases
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Convictions
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Custodial sentences
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Reparation orders
($m)
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Court fines
($)
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2012-13 **
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45
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45
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35
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2.2
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27,554
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2011-12
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39
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39
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37
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4.8
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10,500
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2010-11
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62
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60
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53
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17.0
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7,500
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2009-10
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61
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60
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55
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10.1
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11,000
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2008-09
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60
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56
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42
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11.2
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14.3 million
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2007-08
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78
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78
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47
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4.3
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37,200
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2006-07
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108
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106
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64
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3.8
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63,000
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* The serious fraud cases and convictions include Project Wickenby-related cases.
** Current to 28 April 2013.
Summary offences*
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Cases
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Convictions
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Dismissals and withdrawals
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Fines
($m)
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2012-13 **
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1,515
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1,347
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168
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5.27
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2011-12
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2,146
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1,961
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185
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7.41
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2010-11
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1,747
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1,518
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229
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7.51
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2009-10
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2,792
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2,517
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275
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10.35
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2008-09
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3,253
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2,912
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341
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10.85
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2007-08
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2,510
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2,207
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303
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7.1
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* The summary offence cases do not include multiple cases/convictions for the same individuals or companies.
** Current to 28 April 2013.
Last Modified: Monday, 20 May 2013
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