A Sydney businessman and his firms have been ordered to pay more than $13 million in penalties for encouraging clients to lodge over-inflated, inaccurate or unsubstantiated claims for research and development tax breaks.
The tax office has hailed it as an enforcement win and issued a warning to others not to abuse the generous innovation scheme, which relies on declarations and spot audits.
The Federal Court this week ruled in …
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