Tax evaders get much more lenient treatment than welfare fraudsters
Research shows New Zealand treats welfare fraudsters much more harshly than it does tax evaders. With special feature audio.
Jenny Ruth Wed, 23 Mar 2016
The courts and government agencies treat fraud committed by welfare beneficiaries much more harshly than they deal with tax evaders, research by an academic has shown.
Associate professor Lisa Marriott at Victoria University’s school of accounting and commercial law has gathered statistics from
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