'Crocodile Dundee' star Paul Hogan lashes out at tax office "a-holes"

Paul Hogan has revealed his fury at being made a "scapegoat" by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

The Australian actor, who is best known for his role in Crocodile Dundee, said that he still feels bitter towards the crime watchdog after they tried and failed to find him guilty of evading tax payments between 2005 and 2010.

Hogan told Macquarie Radio earlier this week: "They are a-holes. I had no problem with Australia, I had a problem with a handful of bureaucrats in the tax office who were determined to put me in my place.

He said that he would speak to officials "if they'll sit down where I can see them and reach them and talk common sense, because I figure I've been made the scapegoat".

Hogan added: "If they can crucify me, that'll show they're still in power, you still should be terrified of the tax office, and they didn't waste all those millions.

"They have unlimited resources, so you spend a million, they'll spend 10 and they don't care how much of it they spend, because they've got to keep that image of the undefeatable tax department up."

In December last year, Hogan said that he wanted to be "exonerated" by the ATO because they had "black-marked" his career and given him a reputation as "Mr Tax Evasion".