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Sales Tax Assessment Act 1992
127Persons with possible sales tax liability must keep records
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#### 127 Persons with possible sales tax liability must keep records
(1) A person who is the taxpayer for an assessable dealing, or the claimant for a credit, must:
(a) keep records that record and explain all transactions and other acts engaged in by the person that are relevant to that assessable dealing or credit claim;
(b) retain those records for at least 5 years after the completion of the acts or transactions to which they relate.
(2) A person who is required by this section to keep records must keep the records:
(a) in writing in the English language, or in such a form that they are readily accessible and can easily be converted into writing in the English language; and
(b) so as to enable the person’s liability under the sales tax law to be readily ascertained.
(3) The person is not required to retain the records if:
(a) the Commissioner has notified the person that the person is not required to retain the records; or
(b) the person is a company that has gone into liquidation and been finally dissolved.
Penalty: $3,000.