This appeared last week:No system is infallible: ATO boss on tax fraudThe Australian11:53AM May 30, 2017Ben ButlerA dozen ATO employees have been sacked for accessing the private information of friends, celebrities or other taxpayers so far this financial year.The ATO’s internal compliance teams have investigated 30 staff members for privacy breaches, compared to 23 in the previous financial year, a senate committee heard this morning.Taxation Commissioner Chris Jordan told the Estimates Committee that “stupid people try to look at their friends”.“To lose your job for having a look at someone’s records that you weren’t supposed to is pretty severe,” he said.“They know they shouldn’t do it, they get picked up, our fraud and detection people are good.”There are more than 20,500 ATO employees, according to the organisation’s most recent annual report.The committee was told about the investigations against the backdrop of an alleged $165 million payroll tax fraud case that has snared the...
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