(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person makes a statement (whether orally, in a document or in any other way) to a taxation officer; and
(b) the statement:
(i) is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii) omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular; and
(c) the person is reckless as to whether the statement:
(i) is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii) omits any matter or thing without which the statement is misleading in a material particular.
(2) This section does not apply if:
(a) the statement (the original statement ) was made under section 389 - 5 in Schedule 1 notifying an amount under item 1, 2 or 2A of the table in subsection 389 - 5(1) in that Schedule (and no other item in that table); and
(b) the original statement related to the financial year in which it was made; and
(c) the person who made the original statement makes a further statement to a taxation officer that corrects the original statement in each of the respects in which it is false or misleading in a material particular; and
(d) the further statement:
(i) is in the approved form; and
(ii) if subsection 389 - 25(1) in that Schedule provides for a period for correcting the original statement--is made within that period; and
(iii) without limiting subparagraph (ii), is made within 14 days after the end of the financial year in which the original statement was made.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(3) This section does not apply if:
(a) the statement (the original statement ) was made under section 390 - 5 in Schedule 1; and
(b) the person who made the original statement makes a further statement to a taxation officer that corrects the original statement in each of the respects in which it is false or misleading in a material particular; and
(c) subsection 390 - 7(1) in Schedule 1 provides for a period for correcting the original statement; and
(d) the further statement:
(i) is in the approved form; and
(ii) is made within the period referred to in paragraph (c) of this subsection.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .