Taxman hits up Rob for $240k
Ex-premier’s massive bill
Ex-premier Rob Borbidge has been slapped with a $240,000 bill by the taxman, for alleged non-payment of income tax, as well as the superannuation guarantee charge for an agedcare company he was formerly linked to.
According to a civil claim filed in the District Court in Brisbane on December 21 last year by the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, Mr Borbidge owes $128,520 in unpaid personal income tax from the June 2021 and June 2022 tax years, as at December 14 last year.
The 69-year-old is also alleged to owe a further $112,361, which is made up of $38,710 in unpaid superannuation guarantee charge from January to June 2022, plus $73,650 in alleged unpaid superannuation guarantee charge from 2020 and 2021.
The alleged superannuation guarantee charge debt relates to Care Services Australia Pty Ltd, a company Mr Borbidge was a director of until July 15, 2022.
Mr Borbidge, who was Queensland premier from 1996 to 1998, is no longer a director of Care Services Australia Pty Ltd.
According to its website, Auburn, NSW-based Care Services Australia is a registered national aged care approved provider of home care packages and of National Disability Insurance Scheme services to multicultural communities.
It has an office on the Gold Coast.
The claim reveals Mr Borbidge, from Benowa on the Gold Coast, had a personal income tax assessment of $571,000 in the financial year to June 2021.
He paid or had credits totalling $543,000 of this June 2021 tax bill, leaving $28,658 owing, the claim states.
The claim states notices of assessment for the income tax bills were “served on” Mr Borbidge around July 2022 and November 2023 and that he “failed to pay income tax for the relevant periods on or before the relevant due dates”.
No defence has been filed and no date has been set for hearing.
The Bulletin contacted Mr Borbidge for comment on Tuesday and he said he was “completely unaware of any such matter”.
“My accountant has not received any notification. I am aware that a company of which I resigned as a director some time ago was in discussions with the ATO on a super issue,” he said.
“I am seeking further information,” he said.
The Bulletin has offered to send him a copy of the court filing.