Fed: Liberal Party admits other Qld FECs used GST scheme

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2001
Fed: Liberal Party admits other Qld FECs used GST scheme

The Liberal Party has admitted there were three other GST transactions in two Queensland
branches which -- like that uncovered in Groom -- failed to comply with the law.

The party's federal secretariat says the transactions occurred in the Lilley and Leichhardt
electorates.

The party says these three other transactions involved small amounts and were rectified
by the Queensland division.

The Liberal Party says they were revealed after a Tax Office review of the Queensland
branch's taxation compliance from October 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001.

It says the total shortfall of GST resulting from the initial treatment of the transactions
was $105.

The secretariat says the occurrences were not a scam, as the Federal Opposition has claimed.

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