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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 4 Hansard (18 April) . . Page.. 1143 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Question No. 187
Debt Write-offs - Payroll Tax
In relation to the answer to Question on Notice No. 123 (Act of Grace payments), on 29 September 1995 you wrote-off $166,736 in unpaid payroll tax as irrecoverable -
1) Who was the person or company responsible for that debt.
2) Why was it deemed irrecoverable.
3) On what advice was the decision made.
MRS CARNELL - The answer to the Member's question is as follows:
1) The write-off of this debt was performed by the Commissioner for ACT Revenue as delegate of the Chief Minister and therefore the identity of the recipient has not been disclosed due to the secrecy provisions of the Taxation (Administration) Act 1987.
2) The company involved in this write-off was in liquidation and the liquidator advised that no further dividend was payable.
3) On advice of the company liquidator.
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