The Australian tax office has brought legal action against Perth Glory in a bid to wind up the company less than a year after its new owners took the reins.
The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation lobbed a winding up application against Perth Glory Football Club Pty Ltd in the Federal Court’s Victorian registry earlier this month.
It comes as a surprise to the club – now owned by Ross Pelligra after a turbulent sales process – which last night said it hadn’t received any formal notice of the legal action.
The nature or size of the tax matter is unknown at this time.
In a statement the club said it suspected the tax debt related to the previous owners, being Perth businessman Tony Sage who relinquished ownership after 15 years.
“It suspects that this issue may be related to the previous ownership, as Perth Glory Football Club has not received any formal notice from the Australian Taxation Office related to the matter,” it said.
“We can assure our members and fans that the matter is now in hand and will be resolved shortly.”
Mr Pelligra’s namesake property company Pelligra Group bought the A-League club out of receivership, after a Victorian consortium eyeing the club failed to get a deal done.
KordaMentha receivers were handling the sales process, which initially attracted multiple buyers with the price believed to be north of $20 million.
