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  • ATO response to amendment of tax return

    Posted by brianchu82 on November 13, 2023 at 1:32 pm

    Hi there,

    The ATO sent a templated letter responding to my friend and my amendment of past tax returns.

    What we did was to send an amendment of past tax returns, provide the Statutory Declaration of our Identity as the Principal Creditor.

    The letter referred us to the ATO Law Administration and Practice Statement (PS LA) 2004-2010 – claiming tax laws are invalid, claiming that we are suggesting the tax laws are invalid when we had not.

    Here’s what they say, see attached.

    Have others experienced the same?

    What other approaches did you guys try and how did that go?

    Thank you.

    God bless,

    Brian

    brianchu82 replied 1 year, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Lyn

    Member
    November 22, 2023 at 4:22 pm

    Yes, that’s a generic letter they send out to any challenges. Note well that a man or woman did not send it and it has not rebutted your affidavit, nor answered any of your questions.

  • newguy1113

    Member
    November 23, 2023 at 6:03 am

    They’re responding to the straw-man not you/the living. your enquiries put you firmly in their jurisdiction. A free man/woman or true creditor doesn’t inquire about things from a debtor/ dead corporation. arguing with them about why you should not be paying taxes is like walking into a night club and telling them the music is too loud. you are in the wrong domain. I once mailed off some paperwork to the Gov making similar claims of sovereignty and pointing out the constructive fraud n so on, complete with an affidavit of life. I got a courtesy call from someone with a delegation of authority who “acknowledged” and “appreciated what i was trying to do” and that i was “going about it the wrong way”. I was furious n dissapointed at first cos i thought i had nailed it, but after getting back to work i realised they were right, and in a way, they were trying to help me cos they were under no obligation to respond. So keep working on your understanding of how the system works n it will slowly come to you. I also get why gurus don’t give us the whole story cos we wouldn’t understand and we run off half-baked filling paperwork we don’t understand. I’d rather have understanding than perfect templates and answers..cos i believe its a lot easier than we make it seem

    • brianchu82

      Member
      November 23, 2023 at 8:48 am

      I actually didn’t challenge their system. All I did was file an amendment for last year’s returns and attached a Statutory declaration as the Principal Creditor acting on behalf of the straw man to state that I wanted to include $X of Other Work Related Expenses deducting my income.

      You can find my statutory declaration in another post on this discussion topic. I fashioned it out of the official government document and changed the convention of it.

      I posted this to show that they send generic letters and therefore the ATO has keywords or “secret doors” that you need to hack out of, as you said.

      God bless,

      Brian