The Commissioner of Taxation seems to have powers which are part time lord and part magician if the Anti-Avoidance provisions (see Division 165) of A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 are anything to go by…
165‑55 Commissioner may disregard scheme in making declarations
For the purposes of making a declaration under this Subdivision, the Commissioner may:
(a) treat a particular event that actually happened as not having happened; and
(b) treat a particular event that did not actually happen as having happened and, if appropriate, treat the event as:
(i) having happened at a particular time; and
(ii) having involved particular action by a particular entity; and
(c) treat a particular event that actually happened as:
(i) having happened at a time different from the time it actually happened; or
(ii) having involved particular action by a particular entity (whether or not the event actually involved any action by that entity).
Perfectly clear!
Creative commons attribution for the photograph.
“part time lord and part magician” … ideal!