Claim: The Australian Taxation Office  does not legally exist because it wasn't gazetted at its formation in 1973.
Fact-check: Viral taxation claim is cheap nonsense
Verdict: false. the ato was formed in 1910 and its name change in 1973 did not require gazettal. regardless, legislative power of taxation rests with the commissioner of taxation.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Lachlan Coady
Date published: 2023-01-31T00:00:00