On 12 December 2008, James Hardie published a quarterly reportJames Hardie releases Quarterly Report Wotnews, 12 December 2008 stating that "James Hardie and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have reached an agreement which finalises tax audits being conducted by the ATO on the company’s Australian income tax returns for the years ended 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2004 through 31 March 2006 and settles all outstanding issues arising from these tax audits".
