Christopher J Baldwin CPA

Member’s name: Mr Christopher J Baldwin CPA
Date of Hearing: 24 May 2017
Division: Victoria
Tribunal: Disciplinary Tribunal

On 24 May 2017 the Disciplinary Tribunal found Mr Christopher J Baldwin breached Article 39(a)(ii)G of the Constitution in being found guilty in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria on 30 November 2015 to four counts of breaching section 8C(1)(a) of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth).

Mr Baldwin had failed to lodge his income tax returns for the four years 2011 to 2014.

The Court convicted Mr Baldwin and fined him a total of $3,500.

Mr Baldwin attended the Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing and admitted the Complaints.

Penalty and costs

The Disciplinary Tribunal found the Complaints sustained and imposed the following penalties:

• on each Complaint sustained, a severe reprimand
• Mr Baldwin must successfully complete a compliant Quality Review at his own cost by 31 December 2017, failure to do so to result in forfeiture of Membership
• should Mr Baldwin’s membership be forfeited for that reason, prior to any application for readmission, he must first successfully complete a compliant Quality Review at his own cost.

Mr Baldwin was ordered to pay CPA Australia’s costs of $633.34.