Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM (La Paz El Alto) has lodged an appeal with the Bolivian high court over a BOB55million (USD7.96million) tax bill from the local internal revenue agency (Servicio de Impuestos Nacionales - SIN). La Razon newspaper says the airline, backed by the Bolivian military, disputed SIN president Erik Ariñez Bazan's assertion that the tax assessment was valid given that an extensive audit of the airline had been carried out in 2008. The military's high command has said the airline must pay their obligations and that their would be "no special treatment for them". A military committee has now been formed to liaise with authorities to resolve the dispute.