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Smailes Krawitz is seeing an uptick in criminal prosecutions brought by the ATO. This includes targeting company directors for criminal liability when the company or trustee taxpayer entity has failed to lodge.

The tax office is targeting the lucrative self-managed superannuation sector and its trustees.

The tax office is targeting the lucrative self-managed superannuation sector and its trustees.

The tax office is targeting the lucrative self-managed superannuation sector and its trustees.

The ATO-led Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) has outlined its priorities for 2026.

The SFCT is a joint agency taskforce which seeks to identify and address financial crime in Australia. Given the pervasive manner in which financial crime can play out, it is unsurprising that various Australian agencies such as the Australian Border Force, AUSTRAC and the AFP work collaboratively with other agencies on this initiative.