Published: February 05, 2020
Emails between senior tax office officials reveal advice came on the same day the government announced it was overhauling the scheme
The government received legal advice that debts issued under the botched robodebt scheme were unlawful, confidential documents provided to a Senate committee have revealed.
Emails between top tax office officials published on Thursday show that the agency was told by the Department of Social Services that debts based solely on the controversial “income averaging” method were “not lawful debts”.
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