‘Robotax’ documents reveal bugs in ATO’s systems affected hundreds of accounts

More than 600 accounts were affected by failings in Australian Taxation Office systems, which included false debts' wrongly extracted from taxpayer

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The Australian Taxation Office's troubled robotax" campaign recorded multiple bugs in its systems affecting hundreds of accounts in the lead-up to its planned expansion of the program, according to new documents.

Internal ATO reports and correspondence obtained under freedom of information laws by iTnews show that more than 600 accounts were affected by failings in the agency's automated systems, which included instances of false debts" wrongly extracted from taxpayers.

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