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Labor calling on ATO to change debt reminder practices

November 22, 2021

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Labor is calling on the government to change the way the ATO calls Australians about tax debts.

Labor MP Stephen Jones told Sky News Australia the problem is the ATO "duplicating a practice that is a known scam" which is conducted by frauds and criminals online.

"People calling Australians saying, 'I'm from the tax office, you owe us some money, and can you give us your account? And if you don't pay it within five days, we're going to take you to court'," Mr Jones told Sky News Australia.

"And if it wasn't the tax office, it was border force.

"At the very worst it's confusing ... but what is more likely to be the case is that it's actually priming Australians to engage in the sorts of behaviour which most experts in cyber will say, 'actually, that's pretty risky'."

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4:00PM November 22, 2021

Labor is calling on the government to change the way the ATO calls Australians about tax debts.

Labor MP Stephen Jones told Sky News Australia the problem is the ATO “duplicating a practice that is a known scam” which…

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