ATO receives 250,000 tip-offs about suspicious and dishonest behaviour

The Australian Tax Office said in the past five years it has received 250,000 community tip-offs about suspicious tax avoidance and other dishonest behaviour. Assistant Commissioner Tony Goding says the tip-offs include taxpayers not declaring income, demanding cash from customers, paying workers in cash to avoid tax and super, not reporting sales, and where a person's lifestyle doesn't match their income. The ATO suspects there's around $16 billion a year in stolen taxes because of cash jobs.