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Legal Actions And Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Legal Actions And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Legal Actions And Contingencies (10)      Legal Actions and Contingencies

Litigation

 

In the normal course of business, we are subject to routine litigation incidental to our business.  While the results of this litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that their final outcome will not, individually or in aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

Taxation Matters

As described in note 6 – Income Taxes, we are under audit by the ATO in three different cycles: tax years 2009 to 2013, tax years 2014 to 2017 and tax year 2018. We received Notices of Amended Assessments from the ATO for the tax years 2009 to 2013. Based on these assessments, the ATO asserted that we owe $151.7 million in additional income tax and $38.4 million in accrued interest, of which $75.9 million was paid in April 2018 under a payment arrangement with the ATO. In June 2018, we received a notice from the ATO claiming penalties of 50% of the additional income tax that was assessed, or $75.9 million. As of December 31, 2020, we recorded a receivable in prepaid taxes and other non-current assets for the amount paid in April 2018 as we ultimately expect this will be refunded by the ATO. We do not agree with the ATO’s assessments and we continue to believe we are more likely than not to be successful in defending our position. However, if we are not successful, we will not receive a refund of the amount paid in April 2018 and we would be required to pay the remaining additional income tax, accrued interest and penalties, which would be recorded as income tax expense.

Contingent Obligations Under Recourse Provisions

We use independent financing institutions to offer some of our customers financing for the purchase of some of our products. Under these arrangements, if the customer qualifies under the financing institutions’ credit criteria and finances the transaction, the customers repay the financing institution on a fixed payment plan. For some of these arrangements, the customer’s receivable balance is with limited recourse whereby we are responsible for repaying the financing company should the customer default. We record a contingent provision, which is estimated based on historical default rates. This is applied to receivables sold with recourse and is recorded in accrued expenses.

During the six months ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, receivables sold with limited recourse were $72.6 million and $59.3 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the maximum exposure on outstanding receivables sold with recourse and contingent provision were $27.0 million and $7.9 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, the maximum exposure on outstanding receivables sold with recourse and contingent provision were $22.8 million and $6.6 million, respectively.