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Accountants, Directors, Judgment, Liquidations, Liquidators 19 November 2021

When directors look the other way and it’s okay

RSM partner Neil Cribb. Sheridan’s Jennifer Low. As best we can tell RSM partner and West Australia insolvency veteran Neil Cribb has chosen not to appeal the November 11 decision of Federal Court judge Neil McKerracher in Cribb v Kingsbury (No 2) [2021] FCA 1397. “No doubt such cases will come in many different forms, but certainly in this case I do not consider Mr Kingsbury’s…

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Accountants, ASIC, ATO, Conduct, Corporates, DIRRIs, Liquidations, Liquidators, Referrers, Social/Professional, VA's & DoCA's 24 July 2020

AFP arrests uncover a most helpful director

The AFP arrests this week in respect of yet another Plutus Payroll-style tax evasion scheme prompted iNO to consider, not for the first time, what aspects if any of these recurring scams are facilitated by complicit insolvency practitioners, a negligent regulator or a combination of both. Looking at the names of those arrested, it wasn’t long before our investigations led us instead to a particular…