Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan torches an innocent taxpayer by means of wilful and malicious malfeasance and then refuses to pay compensation.

Chris Jordan and his jackals should be run out of the country.

Taxpayer Gary Kurzer had to fight for 5 years to overturn acts of malfeasance by the ATO. When he won ATO hit him with another wrongful claim.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/08/the-tax-office-and-the-expensive-muzzle-on-complainants/

"The case of Sydney architect Gary Kurzer shows how the ATO can try and force parties into a confidential settlement in an effort to protect its officers from future litigation. Kurzer and his partner sold two investment properties in 2006 under direct instructions from their bank. The taxpayers had cash losses from the sales, and were previously told by the ATO that GST did not apply to their circumstances. But the ATO launched an audit and handed them a tax bill of $207,000 in “GST and penalties” plus tax on “profits of $655,000” never earned.

After a five-year battle that Kurzer says ruined his health, relationship and finances, the ATO finally agreed to determine liability based on the information he had previously provided. This was communicated to Kurzer at the 11th hour at the doorstep of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal hearing room prior to a hearing before a senior member of the AAT.

Despite the matter settling, the ATO proceeded to issue another incorrect revised assessment of $120,000. Angered by the continued mistakes and mistreatment, Kurzer pursued the ATO for compensation under the Scheme for Compensation for Detriment caused by Defective Administration  — established to help Commonwealth agencies compensate persons who have suffered detriment as a result of an agency’s “defective” actions or inaction, and who have no other avenues of redress —  including the latest revised incorrect assessment."

they seem to have unlimited funds to take people all the way dont they??..I mean how can Mr average stand up to a system like that...5 years is a loooooooooog time it takes over your life I know I have been there...n ot with the tax office but in litigation..it literally takes over everything...

I believe this guy when he says he is ruined..

someone needs to deal with govt depts that have impossible POWER AND FUNDS>

cods wrote on Nov 25^th, 2013 at 6:35am:

they seem to have unlimited funds to take people all the way dont they??..I mean how can Mr average stand up to a system like that...5 years is a loooooooooog time it takes over your life I know I have been there...n ot with the tax office but in litigation..it literally takes over everything... I believe this guy when he says he is ruined.. someone needs to deal with govt depts that have impossible POWER AND FUNDS>

The ATO is worse because they are above the law. After he defeated them they hit him with another wrongful claim.

ATO has no ethics and no morals.