Woman avoids jail over $36,000 tax scam

Allan Murphy

A MILDURA woman who fleeced more than $35,000 from the Australian Taxation Office by making false GST claims has narrowly avoided being sent to jail. The Mildura Magistrates’ Court heard 24-year-old Lara Scarrott was awarded $36,155 in GST refunds by the ATO in late 2021 and early 2022 having claimed expenses to a hairdressing business […]

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