Keeping accounts or records intended to deceive
61 Keeping accounts or records intended to deceive
A person must not—
keep any accounts, accounting records or other records in such a way that they—
do not correctly record and explain the matters, transactions, acts or operations to which they relate; or
are (whether wholly or partly) illegible, indecipherable or incapable of being identified; or
cannot be displayed and printed out or otherwise reproduced in legible form; or
make a record of any matter, transaction, act or operation in such a way that it does not correctly record the matter, transaction, act or operation; or
alter, deface, mutilate, falsify, damage, remove, conceal or destroy any accounts, accounting records or other records (whether wholly or partly); or
do or omit to do any other act or thing to any accounts, accounting records or other records;
with the intention of—
deceiving or misleading the commissioner or another tax officer; or
hindering or obstructing the investigation of a tax offence; or
hindering or obstructing the commissioner or another tax officer (otherwise than in the investigation of a tax offence); or
hindering, obstructing or defeating the administration, execution or enforcement of a tax law; or
defeating the purposes of a tax law.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
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