Australian tax office and police raid 35 businesses as part of crackdown on sales-suppression software

Raids were part of an international crackdown on those suspected of supplying and using illegal tax-avoiding tools

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Police and the Australian Taxation Office have raided 35 businesses across five states as part of an international crackdown on the use of software to avoid paying tax.

The ATO said the raids, conducted with the Australian federal police, targeted businesses suspected of supplying and using illegal electronic sales suppression tools (ESST) in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

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