“Crocodile Dundee” star Paul Hogan is is under investigation for tax evasion by Australian authorities.
One of the companies the tax office believes relates to “the Australian income tax liabilities of Paul Hogan” – Platinum Services – is used to pay Hogan’s household staff and utilities bills, such as gas and electricity, in the US, the court documents say.
Details of several offshore trusts and companies holding $40 million in proceeds from films such as Crocodile Dundee were leaked to the media in 2005, but no action has been taken against Hogan, his artistic collaborator John Cornell or their financial adviser, Tony Stewart, all of whom have denied any wrongdoing.
Hogan’s Australian-based lawyer said yesterday his client regarded the actions by the ATO as an unlawful attempt to obtain irrelevant material.
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Tags: Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan, tax evasion
July 4th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
It seems that more and more celebrities are being attacked for tax evasion. Wesley Snipes first and now Paul Hogan. I really don’t get it…Why is it that those that are the richest try to evade paying taxes and those that are not that rich are always very prompt and very on time with their taxes?