Australian Tax Office to Investigate Pandora Papers

Australian Tax Office to Investigate Pandora Papers
A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and U.S. dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu Province on Aug. 6, 2019. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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The Australian Tax Office will investigate data from the Pandora Papers, which contain around 12 million leaked documents revealing the offshore accounts of well-known political figures.

Will Day, the ATO’s deputy commissioner and chief of the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) will probe the data leak to identify any possible offshore tax evasion.

Daniel Y. Teng
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Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
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