{"id":34124,"date":"2003-05-10T21:05:36","date_gmt":"2003-05-10T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-man-was-right-all-along\/"},"modified":"2016-11-13T01:02:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T18:02:07","slug":"this-man-was-right-all-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-man-was-right-all-along\/","title":{"rendered":"This man was right all along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPatrick Cullinane has fought a running battle with the Inland Revenue since the day he was accused of not paying income tax. And the taxman fought dirty &#8211; so dirty he lost his home and nearly lost his sanity. Now, a batch of confidential documents reveal fatal weaknesses in the Revenue&#8217;s case. Phillip Inman reportsPatrick Cullinane&#8217;s life has been ruined by the Inland Revenue. The government department has bankrupted him, kicked him out of his home, and driven him to a mental breakdown. His brothers and sisters have walked away from him and he has been unable to find work. His crime? You might think he had committed a major white-collar tax fraud or an offshore scam depriving the Revenue of millions. But Mr Cullinane was simply an ordinary working man, earning around \u00a318,000 a year in the 1980s largely as a casual in the film industry.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2003\/may\/10\/tax.scamsandfraud\" target=\"_blank\">This man was right all along<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Patrick Cullinane has fought a running battle with the Inland Revenue since the day he&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-8So","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":171118,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/nz-first-and-act-shoot-down-inland-revenue-proposal-to-tax-company-loans-to-shareholders\/","url_meta":{"origin":34124,"position":0},"title":"NZ First and Act shoot down Inland Revenue proposal to tax company loans to shareholders","date":"March 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r NZ First and Act oppose Inland Revenue proposal.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...NZ First and Act shoot down Inland Revenue proposal to tax company loans to shareholders","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135206,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/50000-construction-companies-behind-on-tax-inland-revenue-launches-crackdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":34124,"position":1},"title":"50,000 construction companies behind on tax: Inland Revenue launches crackdown","date":"March 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Under-declaring income via cash jobs a major issue, IRD says.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...50,000 construction companies behind on tax: Inland Revenue launches crackdown","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":112788,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tax-crackdown-coming-for-airbnb-owners-as-inland-revenue-uses-smart-technology\/","url_meta":{"origin":34124,"position":2},"title":"Tax crackdown coming for Airbnb owners as Inland Revenue uses smart technology","date":"December 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Take care if you're one of the thousands of Kiwis using Airbnb or other online websites to rent out a home; you could be in the crosshairs of Inland Revenue.The Government agency has set its smart, new data robots loose on the sector...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Tax\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148796,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/inland-revenue-going-full-throttle-on-january-liquidation-applications\/","url_meta":{"origin":34124,"position":3},"title":"Inland Revenue going \u2018full throttle\u2019 on January liquidation applications","date":"January 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Inland Revenue confirmed a busy start to the year with the number of court applications.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Inland Revenue going \u2018full throttle\u2019 on January liquidation applications","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":172656,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/inland-revenue-puts-auckland-contractor-total-civil-into-liquidation\/","url_meta":{"origin":34124,"position":4},"title":"Inland Revenue puts Auckland contractor Total Civil into liquidation","date":"September 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Inland Revenue remains the dominant driver of liquidation enforcement actions.\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Inland Revenue puts Auckland contractor Total Civil into liquidation","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":124193,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-thousand-inland-revenue-staff-to-remain-displaced-for-most-of-the-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":34124,"position":5},"title":"A thousand Inland Revenue staff to remain displaced for most of the year","date":"January 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r About 1000 Inland Revenue staff will remain displaced for most of the year after an earthquake risk was discovered in their Wellington office building. 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