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1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Julian Bajkowski

   Tax watchdog to scrutinise ATO’s growing use of Director Penalty Notices (opens the original)

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   If you like this article, share it with your friends. The clean-up of Australia’s historically criticised regime of policing the obligations of company directors — like paying tax and not generating thousands of false goods and services refund claims — is itself about to come under official review, thanks to a potent new official probe. The tax ombud has revealed it will launch an official probe into the effectiveness and fairness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) use of Director Penalty

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2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Julian Bajkowski

   ATO watchdog delivers brutal verdict on tax agent digital services (opens the original)

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   If you like this article, share it with your friends. The Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) official oversight and complaints watchdog has criticised the revenue collection agency’s core digital portal for tax agents, saying it creates an unnecessary “administrative burden” that could increase compliance costs for taxpayers. In a withering assessment that the ATO has largely copped in the chin, the tax ombud has let rip on the state of ostensibly digital transactions offered to registered tax a

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