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#### 56 Deliberately omitting information
56 Deliberately omitting information
> A person must not omit from a statement made to a tax officer any matter or thing without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular.
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> Maximum penalty—
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> > (a) 500 penalty units for a first offence, or
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> > (b) 1,000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment, or both, for a second or subsequent offence.
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> Note.
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> An offence against this section committed by a corporation is an executive liability offence attracting executive liability for a director or other person involved in the management of the corporation—see section 121.
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> **s 56:** Am 2012 No 97, Sch 1.40 \[8\]; 2023 No 18, Sch 9\[9\].