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Taxation Administration Act 1999
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136 Certificate evidence
A certificate signed by the commissioner that states any of the
following matters is admissible in a proceeding under a tax law and,
in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matters
stated in the certificate:
(a) the person named in the certificate is liable to pay tax;
(b) an assessment of tax has been made in relation to circumstances
specified in the certificate;
(c) notice of an assessment was issued to a person named in the
certificate, or the person’s agent, on the day specified in the
certificate;
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(d) the amount of tax, penalty tax or interest specified in the
certificate is payable by a person named in the certificate or has
been paid in whole or in part by or on behalf of a person so
named;
(e) a document specified in the certificate was posted to, delivered
to, or served personally on, a person named in the certificate on
a day specified in the certificate;
(f) a person named in the certificate is, or is not, registered or
licensed as required by the relevant tax law;
(g) a return or statement required by a tax law has been, or has not
been, lodged by or on behalf of a person named in the certificate
on or as at a day specified in the certificate;
(h) a person named in the certificate is, or was, an authorised officer
on the date specified in the certificate.