Original article by Neil Chenoweth
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 18-Oct-19
The Australian Taxation Office is seeking to have Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo declared bankrupt. Huang, who is at the centre of a New South Wales corruption investigation into political donations, is said to owe the ATO some $140.9m in tax; it will seek to take legal action in Hong Kong as part of its efforts to recover the money. Huang’s Australian residence visa was cancelled in December, and his lawyers claim that he cannot be the subject of a bankruptcy order as the ATO would need to show that he is "personally present or ordinarily present in Australia".
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AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA