Crocodile Tears For Paul Hogan Tax Travails

"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan has been barred from leaving Australia because of a row over his tax affairs, his lawyer has said.Tax officials served the actor, who lives in the United States, with an order stopping him from leaving after he returned for his mother's funeral last week, according to a statement reported by the AAP news agency.The 70-year-old was "stunned and disappointed" by the order, said the statement from Andrew Robinson of Sydney law firm Robinson Legal.

Reuters - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movies, has struck a deal with Australia's tax office which will allow him to return home to his family in Los Angeles, his lawyer said on Friday.

Reuters - Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movies, got an early Christmas present this week -- the Australian Tax Office abandoned its criminal investigation of him and his business manager for tax evasion.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan is barred from leaving Australia over an unpaid multi-million dollar tax bill, his lawyer has said.

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(Reuters) - Calling them "tax cheats" and their lawsuit a "travesty," a U.S. appeals court threw out an effort by some American customers of UBS AG to recover damages over bank services that resulted in their having evaded U.S. taxes.