Nov 4, 2010
An Auckland based accountant has been sentenced to two and a half years of jail time, after being found guilty of committing or being connected to 74 charges of tax fraud and evasion. James Colin Raea has been a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants for 12 years, in that time he [...]
An Auckland based accountant has been sentenced to two and a half years of jail time, after being found guilty of committing or being connected to 74 charges of tax fraud and evasion.
James Colin Raea has been a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants for 12 years, in that time he has allegedly been personally involved in tax fraud worth NZD 312 600, and an additional NZD 864 049 through companies he was involved with. Recently, at the ... Read More
Oct 23, 2010
A student has been sentenced to five months of home detention after being found guilty of using fake companies to receive GST returns of over NZD 40 000. Bing Liu, a student in Auckland, has been sentenced to five months home detention after he admitted to 15 separate charges involving GST fraud involving NZD 44 [...]
A student has been sentenced to five months of home detention after being found guilty of using fake companies to receive GST returns of over NZD 40 000.
Bing Liu, a student in Auckland, has been sentenced to five months home detention after he admitted to 15 separate charges involving GST fraud involving NZD 44 350. He is alleged to have created 10 separate companies which were used exclusively to process fake expenses, and receive subsequent GST refunds. According to the Inland Revenue ... Read More
Oct 14, 2010
An Auckland-based tax agent who knowingly filed false tax returns on behalf of her clients has been sentenced to nine months home detention, after pleading guilty to multiple tax fraud charges. On October 8th Isobel Dick was sentenced to home detention after pleading guilty to five charges surrounding GST and income tax returns that she [...]
An Auckland-based tax agent who knowingly filed false tax returns on behalf of her clients has been sentenced to nine months home detention, after pleading guilty to multiple tax fraud charges.
On October 8th Isobel Dick was sentenced to home detention after pleading guilty to five charges surrounding GST and income tax returns that she filed for her clients. She allegedly claimed several of her clients’ non-business related expenses as legitimate business costs on their tax returns, including holidays to Fiji and Bali, ... Read More
Dec 7, 2009
A Coromandel woman has been sentenced to seven months home detention and 200 hours community service for tax charges. Georgie Jensen was sentenced on December 3rd, in the Waihi District Court, after pleading to 13 counts of non-payment of PAYE. Graham Pomeroy, Inland Revenue Assurance Manager, commented on the offences, saying “Failure to meet PAYE [...]
A Coromandel woman has been sentenced to seven months home detention and 200 hours community service for tax charges.
Georgie Jensen was sentenced on December 3rd, in the Waihi District Court, after pleading to 13 counts of non-payment of PAYE. Graham Pomeroy, Inland Revenue Assurance Manager, commented on the offences, saying "Failure to meet PAYE obligations is a breach of trust between the director and the employees. But in Jensen's case, it wasn't just PAYE but also child support and student loan deductions”.
Georgia ... Read More