ATO can’t find non-conflicted expert in $173M case over Hilton hotel sale

Tax 2023-12-04 5:27 pm By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

The ATO has lost its bid for a court-appointed joint expert after it failed to find a witness with legal expertise in structuring hotel sales who was not “commercially conflicted”, with a judge ruling that Hilton should not be prevented from relying on an expert report it already obtained.