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Go for it. I stand by the fact that, in my opinion based on my 25 years in banking you have committed a fraudulent act. If you do take me on, it may be a good idea to stop using emoticons and LOL in your communications. Im not seeing any takers for your case. This may have something to do...

The "do it once" is clearly a reference to the refund but if you want to try this yourself, see how you go.

I could let it slide if it wasn't a government body but its also the ATO and the poster has admitted to doing it several times with hundreds of thousands of dollars (with a free lol for goodwill) Thats some serious stuff there. If it was a retailer, a supermarket whatever. But the ATO? Not the...

Here's the problem (post #73) This is not pre paying Tax based on "expected tax debt" which is a legitimate tax payment. This is an admission of a pre meditated way of gaining a benefit from using an ATO loophole regarding refunds on credit cards.The ATO told him not to do it. "Told him...

You are getting defensive and making ridiculous demands of a random stranger on the internet who uses Pam Ann as their avatar This ATO pre payment scam must be bigger than I thought. I look forward to hearing from the CSI team shortly in "The case of Nutcase and ermen"

You are a cardholder using a merchant facility. You are a party to it. You also admitted that you found a loophole and exploited it fraudulently on several occasions.

Admitting to what you have done, doesn't absolve the underlying dishonesty and make the situation right. You got caught and admitted it - and then did it again.

Correct, I have called out that the behaviour as fraudulent. The proof is clear and I have made the point on multiple occasions in previous posts. The transaction was not bona fide. The express intent (and this was told to the ATO) was to make a payment on a points earning credit card and...

Its the points and how they are obtained and then spent, not the membership of the club that is in question. There are no annual fees for FF membership. If this was a fee for the QF lounge which is used for business travel then that would be deductible.

Apples and oranges here. The question of the ATO's request for a legitimate tax payment VS a voluntary payment made by card with the express intent of obtaining a benefit and then having the payment refunded via a different channel. The first one is legal and required by the ATO, the second...

Agreed, however that is a bona fide payment request. The pre pay example here is far from bona fide. The express intention is to extract points for a non required transaction and receive a refund through another channel.

Not necessarily. It could be a volume issue in that they need to pump through a certain amount. There are also "non compete" clauses with some online booking engines. Also, they probably get a higher paying customer when selling directly (late notice bookings/affair with the secretary) who will...

It sounds like it wasn't her decision to make so there wasn't anything she could do.

Perhaps just logging the issue with veda directly who will see the duplication and remove it from your file. Its quite a simple and elegant process. Mistakes happen. It's easily fixed. No need to get excited.

It doesn't get much more dishonest than deliberately overpaying tax on a credit card with the express intention of getting a "cash/non card" refund just so that you can obtain points. If the refund was done on the card it would negate the points and therefore the whole scheme would fall over...

High dollar levels and volumes of card refunds are a red flag for the acquiring Bank. Refunds are a risk for the bank and for the ATO. Its also a red flag for fraud which is actually what you were doing with the ATO. If you are going to do this sort of thing, it may be a better idea to choose...

Whilst I can understand your position on the issue, it does seem to to hitting a nerve. There's a similar level of angst with regard to the reduction of points earning capacity on cards over the last few weeks. There are a lot of threats being made, cancellations and heightened level of outrage...

Its clear that there is an FBT issue here. The ATO are just doing their job in looking into this. It's like a police officer pulling you over for speeding. As much as you don't like it at the time, saying to the officer "why don't you go after the real crooks like the drug dealers and the...

You should try working for them!

There was a story about ATO investigators going to local football matches to check on the use of "commercial" vehicles being misrepresented. ATO cracks down on utes after helping make Hilux a best seller