答案是 有可能。
ATO 可能会采取多种手段及途径来联系纳税人,收回未偿付税款。其中便包括了电话联系。但是 ATO 的工作人员往往都是训练有素、言语得体的。ATO 拨电的目的,一般也只是为了告知您相关的税务情况、及缴纳税务的期限。而且,ATO 在更多的情况下,会选择短信或邮件方式通知您。详情请参考
https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/In-detail/Current-SMS-and-email-activities/#GeneralemailandSMSmessages
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当您接到 ATO 来电,思来想去,却还是对来电者身份抱有怀疑时,博通推荐您先询问来电者的姓名、身份、及所属部门。然后告知对方,您将通过 ATO 的官方号码回拨给他。切记,千万不要使用来电者提供的联系方式去回拨,而是使用 ATO 的官方联系方式。这样一来,您便能确定对方身份的真假。
如果您、或您的亲人朋友,接到了假冒 ATO 的诈骗电话,或收到了诈骗信息、邮件,博通鼓励您致电 ATO 举报诈骗热线电话1800 008 540。
1) https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Paying-the-ATO/How-to-pay/, 13 May 2019
2) https://hartiganlaw.com.au/tax-debt/ato-collecting-debt-over-the-phone-is-it-a-scam/, 13 May 2019
3) https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/In-detail/Current-SMS-and-email-activities/#GeneralemailandSMSmessages, 13 May 2019
4) ATO Media Release, 4 April 2019
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