Tax agent charged with pocketing funds from falsified tax returns
SFO alleges between 2007 and 2013 Michael McDonald took money from clients to pay their taxes but kept it himself.
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A former tax agent who allegedly falsified 250 GST and income tax returns in order to keep client money has appeared in the Manukau District Court today.
Michael Robert McDonald, 40, was charged with four charges of theft by a person in a special relationship, 13 charges of dishonestly using a document, and one charge of false accounting.
The Serious Fraud Office, which laid the charges, alleges between 2007 and 2013 Mr McDonald took money from clients to pay their taxes but kept it himself. The SFO also alleges McDonald filed 250 false GST and income tax returns, and made false entries in one client's financial statements in an attempt to hide his alleged theft.
McDonald was remanded on bail without plea. His next appearance is set down for December 11.
(BusinessDesk)
Sophie Boot
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
Tue, 17 Nov 2015
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Tax agent charged with pocketing funds from falsified tax returns
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