Qantas ring-fences $10.3M to cover potential penalty in NZ tax dispute

Qantas ring-fences $10.3M to cover potential penalty in NZ tax dispute
By Paul McBeth Jan. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Qantas Airways, Australia's dominant airline, has ring-fenced $10.3 million of tax losses to cover any penalties in its disputed tax case with the Inland Revenue Department over interest deductions claimed on convertible notes. The airline's New Zealand subsidiary Jetconnect, which manages the group's trans-Tasman passenger schedule, elected to use "tax losses within the Qantas Group against the shortfall penalties assessment" imposed by the IRD, according to financial statements lodged with the Compani...