INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1936 (ARCHIVE)

PART VII - PENALTY TAX  

SECTION 226J  

226J   PENALTY TAX WHERE SHORTFALL CAUSED BY INTENTIONAL DISREGARD OF LAW  
Subject to this Part, if:


(a) a taxpayer has a tax shortfall for a year; and


(b) the shortfall or part of it was caused by the intentional disregard by the taxpayer or by a registered tax agent of this Act or the regulations;

the taxpayer is liable to pay, by way of penalty, additional tax equal to 75% of the amount of the shortfall or part.


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