After 17 years spearheading his company Perth Security Services, a snowballing legacy tax debt amid a pandemic-driven downturn threatened to undo Neville Maders lifes work.
Mader had successfully contested a superannuation claim levelled by an employee, but the Australian Taxation Office audit it triggered saw PSS hit with a tax bill of almost $400,000.
Mader managed to get the deed over line after his employees voted in its favour, with PSS exiting administration earlier this month.Credit: Nine.
The PSS director said he continued putting a substantial amount of money aside and resisted accessing ATOs now-retracted COVID concessions, even amidst the downturn.
But despite his best efforts the debt gathered interest and ball…
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