❓ Dr. Honey questions the Minister for Racing and Gaming about audits of Perth Crown Casino's past tax payments, referencing underpaid taxes by Crown Melbourne and the Perth casino royal commission. The Minister declines to divulge taxation information, citing ongoing implementation of royal commission recommendations.
AnsweredQoN 717Legislative Assembly
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PERTH CASINO —
AUDITS
717. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Racing and Gaming:
I
refer to the admission by Crown casino Melbourne in the Finkelstein royal
commission of a decade of underpaid taxes and remind the minister of reports
last year that Perth Crown casino had initiated an independent audit by Ernst
and Young of its past tax payments and the Perth casino royal commission report
referring to a departmental tax review.
(1) Has the casino provided the
government with the Ernst and Young audit and what did it find?
(2) Has the
government received a departmental audit of Perth Crown casino's past
tax payments; and, if not, why not?
(3) If an audit was undertaken by
the government, what were the findings?
AUDITS
717. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Racing and Gaming:
I
refer to the admission by Crown casino Melbourne in the Finkelstein royal
commission of a decade of underpaid taxes and remind the minister of reports
last year that Perth Crown casino had initiated an independent audit by Ernst
and Young of its past tax payments and the Perth casino royal commission report
referring to a departmental tax review.
(1) Has the casino provided the
government with the Ernst and Young audit and what did it find?
(2) Has the
government received a departmental audit of Perth Crown casino's past
tax payments; and, if not, why not?
(3) If an audit was undertaken by
the government, what were the findings?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) In
regard to the questions about the tax audit and issues with Crown Perth, as the
member knows, a comprehensive royal commission came up with 59 recommendations.
We are progressing each of those recommendations
and some have already been progressed. We introduced legislation in the WA
Parliament not so long ago to appoint an independent monitor and create
the position of an independent chair of the Gaming and Wagering Commission. In
regard to matters dealing with taxation, I am not going to divulge that sort of
information here in Parliament.
regard to the questions about the tax audit and issues with Crown Perth, as the
member knows, a comprehensive royal commission came up with 59 recommendations.
We are progressing each of those recommendations
and some have already been progressed. We introduced legislation in the WA
Parliament not so long ago to appoint an independent monitor and create
the position of an independent chair of the Gaming and Wagering Commission. In
regard to matters dealing with taxation, I am not going to divulge that sort of
information here in Parliament.
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