Make it hard to not comply

Strategic Objective 3: Detect taxpayers and traders who do not comply, and make non-compliance hard and costly

Taxpayers and traders who negligently, deliberately, aggressively, or criminally stay out of the tax system, or do not comply, will be detected. They will experience a response appropriate to the nature and degree of their non-compliance, which progressively, may include friendly reminders to more intrusive and investigative engagements that enforce compliance. Where necessary, hard enforcement may include court action, asset seizure and criminal prosecution. Non-compliant taxpayers and traders may under certain circumstances be named and shamed. The costs for noncompliance will be high and severe.