Prison term for false BASs

Dan Wade • December 10, 2019

AUDIT UPDATE - PRISON TERM FOR FALSE BAS

An Adelaide woman has been given a year-long prison term after being convicted of a criminal offence for submitting false business activity statements on behalf of her charity.

An ATO audit found that she had overstated the GST input-tax credits the organisation was entitled to, gaining a financial advantage of more than $34,000.

The woman was ordered to pay reparations of $34,265. Her prison term was commuted to a two-year good-behaviour bond.

The charity was stripped of its ABN and tax concessions.

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