that’s not quite right Greg, my understanding is that civil proceeding were brought by the ATO , and that an appeal from a decision in these first proceedings is currently live. I gather the ATO still have to meet with JK etc in the appeal court. Until this appeal has been heard, it’s quite likely the Departure Prohibition order will stay in place, so the defendant is really required to stay in Australia and deal with the tax matter.
your probably being a bit naive by underestimating the authority of the Commonwealth and their doggedness . Commonwealth Agencies work as a team to share evidence in these sort of compliance interventions, so if ASIC don’t succeed with a Corporate type penalty or jail sentence , the brief is then handed over to the ATO and or the DPP for consideration under another Agencies’s Penalty regime. The Commonwealth obviously consider the behaviour here pretty egregious, and therefore the defendant has a fight on his hands.
Never say never though. Paul Hogan was issued with a DPO , the matter finally settled , and he was free to leave for America. Let’s see how it pans out .
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