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    A proposal to address the impact of fraudulent phoenix activities on unremitted superannuation guarantee contributions in Australia

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    Authors
    Giardina, A.
    Pinto, Dale
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Giardina, A. and Pinto, D. 2014. A proposal to address the impact of fraudulent phoenix activities on unremitted superannuation guarantee contributions in Australia. Journal of Australian Taxation. 16 (1): pp. 74-107.
    Source Title
    Journal of Australian Taxation
    ISSN
    14400405
    School
    Curtin Law School
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18432
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Phoenix activity involves the ‘deliberate, systematic, liquidation of a company to avoid the payment of liabilities, including employees’ wages, superannuation, outstanding taxes and business creditors. The company then ‘rises from the ashes’ conducting the same business free from all debts under a new or similar identity. Fraudulent phoenix activity typically occurs when individuals use limited liability companies to accumulate debts that are usually owed to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), then liquidate the companies concerned and then carry on the same business through a newly formed company. The effect is that in almost all cases the companies placed into liquidation, have no assets. Fraudulent phoenix like activity isn’t a new phenomenon and was associated with the ‘bottom of the harbour’ tax avoidance schemes prevalent in Australia during the 1970s. The Victorian Parliament Law Reform Committee (VPLRC) tabled a report in 1994 which had several recommendations dealing with and detecting phoenix activity. This report was the catalyst for the ATO to launch the ‘Phoenix Project’ in 1998, with a focus of tracking companies involved in fraudulent phoenix activity.

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