Dressing down: Paul Hogan says ATO paid him
In an interesting plot twist in Paul Hogan's latest fight with the taxman the movie star has claimed that he actually made money from his deal with the Australian Tax Office.
Hogan appeared on Sunrise in a dressing gown to deliver a dressing down on Wednesday morning.
"They said, it's Sunrise! Quick get out, I thought, oh the Cash Cow!" Hogan said during the live interview.
"I don't know what's wrong with these boofheads. How did I get dragged into this?” the high profile movie star continued.
As Seven News revealed on Tuesday night - Hogan called the Tax Commissioner a liar for suggesting to a Senate Committee he paid tens of millions to settle a dispute.
One Senator says Hogan's confidential settlement could now be made public to get to the truth.
On Wednesday, one of his targets was able to laugh it off when National Senator, John Williams said, "Ha, ha, as a boofhead I've been called many things in my life. Look water off a duck's back to me".
Hogan’s other target is Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan who on Tuesday suggested Hogan paid tens of millions of dollars to settle a tax dispute.
Hogan's response to that was a gruff: "That is an absolute lie."
On Wednesday morning during his Sunrise interview he insisted not only did he not pay the ATO any money.
"I'm not allowed to say what happened with the settlement but I'll tell you this much. I got money out of it!" the fed-up star ranted.
Many have been left wondering who to believe, Crocodile Dundee or the taxman.
"There's one simple solution here,” Senator Williams suggested.
"If we see the deed of settlement we'll know exactly the situation and who's telling the truth and perhaps who's not, not exactly telling the truth,” Willams suggested.
Seven News understands the Senate committee has agreed to do exactly that by asking Hogan to provide those documents, informing him that parliamentary privilege overrides any confidentiality agreement.
Hogan's lawyer Andrew Robinson said the actor would be happy to do that, but there are other parties to the deeds who'd need to agree, too.
Senator John "Wacka" Williams is offering the actor a new role as a witness saying: "Perhaps the committee could call him forward".
Lawyer Andrew Robinson told 7 News Hogan would be prepared to appear, however it’s unclear if he would leave the bathrobe at home.
