S 102 repealed by No 2 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 2 item 89, effective 25 February 2015. For saving provisions, see note under Part
IX
heading. S 102 formerly read:
SECTION 102 PENALTY FOR FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS
102(1)
Where:
(a)
a person:
(i)
makes a statement to a taxation officer, or to a person other than a taxation officer for a purpose in connection with the operation of this Act, that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii)
omits from a statement made to a taxation officer, or to a person other than a taxation officer for a purpose in connection with the operation of this Act, any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular; and
(b)
the tax properly payable by the person exceeds the tax that would have been payable by the person if it were assessed on the basis that the statement were not false or misleading, as the case may be;
the person is liable to pay, by way of penalty, additional tax equal to double the amount of the excess.
102(2)
Where, but for this subsection, an amount of additional tax, being an amount less than $20, is payable by a person under this section in respect of an act or omission, then, by force of this subsection, the amount of the additional tax shall be taken to be $20.
102(3)
A reference in subsection (1) to a statement made to a taxation officer is a reference to a statement made to a taxation officer orally, in writing, in a data processing device or in any other form and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes a statement:
(a)
made in an application, certificate, notification, declaration, objection, return or other document made, given or furnished, under or pursuant to this Act;
(b)
made in answer to a question asked of a person under or pursuant to this Act;
(c)
made in any information furnished, or purporting to be furnished, under or pursuant to this Act; or
(d)
made in a document furnished to a taxation officer otherwise than under or pursuant to this Act;
but does not include a statement made in a document produced pursuant to paragraph
353-10(1)(c)
in Schedule
1
to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
.
History
S 102(3) amended by No 2 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 2 item 36, by omitting
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paragraph 108(1)(c) of this Act or
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after
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document produced pursuant to
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, effective 1 July 2015.
S 102(3) amended by No 2 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 2 item 3, by inserting
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of this Act or paragraph 353-10(1)(c) in Schedule 1 to the
Taxation Administration Act 1953
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at the end, effective 25 February 2015.
102(4)
A reference in subsection (1) to a statement made to a person other than a taxation officer for a purpose in connection with the operation of this Act is a reference to such a statement made orally, in writing, in a data processing device or in any other form and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes such a statement:
(a)
made in an application, certificate, declaration, notification or other document made, given or furnished to the person;
(b)
made in answer to a question asked by the person; or
(c)
made in any information furnished to the person.
102(5)
In this section:
data processing device
means any article or material from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device.
taxation officer
means a person exercising powers, or performing functions under, pursuant to or in relation to this Act.