ATO and global tax fraud investigators target offshore accountants and lawyers

The J5 tax enforcement group from five countries, including Australia, are focusing on professionals organising tax evasion structures

The UK’s chief tax fraud investigator says offshore accountants and lawyers who assist in hiding the assets of criminals and the rich from authorities will face the full force of a five country taskforce.

Simon York, director of fraud investigations at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, said the joint chiefs of global tax enforcement, or J5, a group made up of revenue authorities from the UK, US, Australia, the Netherlands and Canada, were focusing on professionals who helped set up structures used to hide money from authorities in high-tax jurisdictions.

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