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TikTok’s $2 billion fraud challenge for the ATO

This is the Tax Office’s social media nightmare dilemma: you can’t take 40,000 people to court.

Neil ChenowethSenior writer

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The muted alarm that Tax Office officials began sounding two weeks before the federal election over the billion-dollar TikTok fraud is probably as close to panic as public servants get.

In its May announcement the ATO said it was cracking down on an $850 million GST fraud by 40,000 Australians.

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Neil Chenoweth is an investigative reporter for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney and has won multiple Walkley Awards. Connect with Neil on Twitter. Email Neil at nchenoweth@afr.com.au

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