Business

Nassim Khadem

Deputy Editor, BusinessDay. Reporting on tax and regulation.

Adam Cranston leaves a police station on May 18 after being granted bail.

ATO to work with Plutus clients at centre of alleged tax fraud

Employers caught up in an alleged fraud ring accused of stealing $165 million can contact the Australian Taxation Office to find out if they will be liable for tax that wasn't paid because it was being siphoned off by a criminal syndicate, the agency says.

There is a need for random audits of bosses to better detect unpaid super, the review said.

Time for 'random audits' of bosses

Random audits of employers would be a more proactive approach in chasing down billions of dollars of unpaid superannuation, often to the nation's most vulnerable workers, says Inspector-General of Taxation Ali Noroozi.