Tax Office requests impromptu hearing of tax avoidance inquiry to tackle claims by former ATO executive

By Heath Aston, Political Correspondent
Updated April 20 2015 - 3:18pm, first published 11:00am
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week.  Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week. Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week.  Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week. Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week.  Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week. Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week.  Photo: Christopher Pearce
ATO commissioner Chris Jordan, pictured at a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance earlier this month, will appear before the committee again later this week. Photo: Christopher Pearce

The Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance will unexpectedly return on Wednesday after the Australian Taxation Office requested a supplementary public hearing to refute allegations made in evidence by former ATO executive Martin Lock.

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