How easy is it to trick the Australian Taxation Office?

Fraudsters have found it surprisingly straightforward to get thousands of taxpayer dollars deposited in their accounts by just making a few false declarations to the Australian Taxation Office about the amount of GST they’re owed because of fake businesses. 

It adds up to billions of dollars that are unlikely to be recovered. 

Today, Angus Grigg on his Four Corners investigation into the biggest GST scam in history and how the ATO dropped the ball.

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Angus Grigg, Four Corners reporter