Jail sentence for lodging false activity statements

The Tax Office says an Adelaide man has been sentenced by the Adelaide District Court to two years and 10 months jail for tax fraud of $323,912. According to the Tax Office, the man pleaded guilty to 18 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception, and 6 counts of attempting to obtain a financial advantage by deception. The Tax Office said that, between July 2001 and March 2003, Paterson lodged personal and company activity statements containing inflated GST credits to claim $233,187 in fraudulent refunds.