For some time Australian Taxation Office boss Chris Jordan has expressed publicly his frustration that technology giant Uber is not cooperative with the ATO on issues like its drivers paying GST, and that therefore the company could become the subject of an audit. "If you were to have a company that was not transparent with us, and hadn't co-operated particularly well with us, and in fact made publicly incorrect statements, that could impact our view of them," Mr Jordan said at a senate estimates hearing last year. When Uber was asked by Fairfax Media about whether the ATO was auditing its tax affairs a spokeswoman for the company said there was "no audit underway". On Friday ATO deputy commissioner, international, Mark Konza told Fairfax Media this was not accurate and that there was a need to correct the record.
The Australian Taxation Office ( ACT ) has confirmed that Uber may be under audit for its failure to pay its drivers Goods and Services Tax and unmatching declarations for its customers in 2015 . The news comes after the ATO confirmed that 35 e - commerce companies were currently under review or audit by the office for avoiding tax via offshore accounts .