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budiwen(Newbie)Newbie
3 Jan 2023

Long story short last November 2022, I'm a scam victim, the scammer lured me to send Massive amount of my money to a Cryptocurrency exchange and eventually to their wallet. my loss is approximately $350.000 and right now I have that much debt with my bank. (My home loan money)


My concern is will this affect my Tax return next June 2023? I'm at Big loss situation at the moment.

Please help to clarify what i'm actually facing at related to either my Tax return or any penalties?


The reason i concern about Tax is because after i realized i got scammed, i tried to stop some of the money stuck at the binance. com and managed to returned back only $20 thousand back to my bank... will ATO will detect this as like I'm purchasing Crypto?


Please help.. I'm going through sleepless night at the moment and I'm really depressed..

Please give advice and suggestion what should i do?...


From the bottom of my heart Thank you for any help or any suggestions...


Regards

Budi

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KylieATO(Community Support)Community Support
3 Jan 2023

Hi @budiwen,


Oh no that sounds so stressful.


You will need to report any earnings on your tax return. I would also suggest that you keep any relevant documentation. That way if you are asked about anything you have the information to tell the story of what happened to you.


All the best



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KylieATO(Community Support)Community Support
3 Jan 2023

Hi @budiwen,


Oh no that sounds so stressful.


You will need to report any earnings on your tax return. I would also suggest that you keep any relevant documentation. That way if you are asked about anything you have the information to tell the story of what happened to you.


All the best



hodl_l00t(Dynamo)Dynamo
16 Mar 2023

In addition to the other responses, there's also some great info from Syla on Lost, Stolen and Scammed Crypto. It covers some of the practical aspects of what records to keep, to substantiate that the fraud occurred, and who it can be reported to.


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