Showdown between ATO and big business looms as list of company tax paid is revealed

By Nassim Khadem, Edmund Tadros
Updated December 12 2016 - 3:13pm, first published 2:19pm
Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says real-time reviews of multinationals are taking place, despite companies reporting nil tax payable. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says real-time reviews of multinationals are taking place, despite companies reporting nil tax payable. Photo: Wayne Taylor
ATO deputy commissioners Jeremy Hirschhorn (left) and Mark Konza. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
ATO deputy commissioners Jeremy Hirschhorn (left) and Mark Konza. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A showdown between the Australian Taxation Office and the nation's largest companies including Chevron, Crown and BHP Billiton is looming as the tax man hits seven large companies with tax bills amounting to $2 billion.

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