The Australian: Paul Hogan Battles Tax Office "Bastards," by Robert Lusetich & Susannah Moran:
A defiant Paul Hogan had a typically plain-spoken and blunt message for the Australian Taxation Office yesterday: "Come and get me, you miserable bastards."
As the ATO enlisted the help of the IRS in the US to pursue the actor for allegedly undisclosed tax liabilities, a bemused Hogan insisted he had paid more than enough tax — a figure he estimated to be in excess of $100 million — in Australia. Hogan, who lives in a mansion in Santa Barbara, two hours north of Hollywood, said he had grown tired of what he called persecution by the ATO, and now the IRS.
For more, see Associated Press and TaxGirl.



