Paul Hogan farewells 101-year-old mum

ACTOR slipped back into Sydney late last week for the funeral of his mother Flo.

PAUL Hogan slipped back into Sydney late last week for the funeral of his mother Flo.

But the Crocodile Dundee star is not expected to be in the Federal Court tomorrow as the Australian Taxation Office ups the stakes in its decade-long multi-million dollar fight with the entertainer.

The matriarch of the Hogan family, who had been living in a retirement home at Bayview in Sydney's northern suburbs, died last Wednesday, just days after her 101st birthday.

Hogan, who has a brother Patrick and sister Wendy, joined his family at the Catholic service on Saturday morning at Rookwood's Sacred Heart Chapel to farewell their mother, who had 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

The tax office has recently slapped amended bills on Hogan, his Crocodile Dundee collaborator John Cornell and accountant Tony Stewart, according to documents lodged with the Federal Court.

They are being investigated as part of the $300 million Wickenby tax investigation into offshore tax havens, but none has yet been charged with tax-related offences.

All have previously denied any wrongdoing in relation to their taxation affairs.

Tomorrow they will continue their fight to claim the secrecy of the so-called "Accountants' Concession" over financial documents seized from their accountants.

They want to block the Australian Crime Commission and the ATO from using them in any criminal proceedings.

Sources close to Hogan said he was not required to be in court and was not expected to be there.

According to court documents, the tax office is going after Hogan for tax on money he earned between June 1987 - the year after he first played Mick Dundee - and June 1991, and for the years between June 1994 to June 2005.

The Federal Court has been told the Crime Commission is getting ready to lay criminal charges against the three men based on royalties from the Crocodile Dundee franchise which it is claimed were hidden offshore.

The trio claim documents seized by investigators in a raid in 2005 are privileged.