Some Australians aren't paying tax due to a rise in 'sovereign accounting'
www.abc.net.au
Groups spring up on social media, claiming to hold secret knowledge the Australian government is holding back from regular citizens: the Australian Taxation Office "isn't real".

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8439435

The sovereign citizen movement rejects the legitimacy of the government. Its fast-growing popularity has had authorities scrambling to get a handle on how far its tentacles have reached.

Unfortunately, Mr Oxby was persuaded by this theory during the seminar, which I infer from his evidence, was presented in a persuasive and charismatic manner."

He was ultimately fined $14,000.

  • southsamurai
    22·
    7 months ago

    Back? Roughly half of the expat Aussies I know (which is only in the teens, but still) have said they’d never go back unless they were forced to lol.

      • southsamurai
        21·
        7 months ago

        No, doosh, I’m saying that they consider it a prison as it is.