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Subscriber only A fraudulent Rockhampton business owner has been sentenced to two months jail after he tried to claim more than $50,000 in fake GST refunds. Kevin Harker has operated and been involved with multiple accountancy businesses in Rockhampton including Harker Accounting and Taurus Accounting. Harker Accounting went into liquidation in 2017 and Taurus Accounting went into liquidation in December 2020, owing $260,000. In 2018, Mr Harker faced 35 fraud-related charges for allegedly falsifying business records between 2011 and 2012. According to the Australian Taxation Office, Mr Harker lodged 22 business activity statements on behalf of entities he and his wife controlled, but none were carrying on an enterprise.
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Subscriber only A fraudulent Rockhampton business owner has been sentenced to two months jail after he tried to claim more than $50,000 in fake GST refunds. Kevin Harker has operated and been involved with multiple accountancy businesses in Rockhampton including Harker Accounting and Taurus Accounting. Harker Accounting went into liquidation in 2017 and Taurus Accounting went into liquidation in December 2020, owing $260,000. In 2018, Mr Harker faced 35 fraud-related charges for allegedly falsifying business records between 2011 and 2012. According to the Australian Taxation Office, Mr Harker lodged 22 business activity statements on behalf of entities he and his wife controlled, but none were carrying on an enterprise.