Australian Tax Office wrongly rebates $14 million

By Noel Towell
Updated March 2 2015 - 11:18am, first published March 1 2015 - 11:45pm
Slow off the mark: The Australian Tax Office wrongly assessed 24.700 taxpayers. Photo: Louie Douvis
Slow off the mark: The Australian Tax Office wrongly assessed 24.700 taxpayers. Photo: Louie Douvis

Nearly 25,000 Australian taxpayers will each be allowed to keep hundreds of dollars they double-dipped from the Health Insurance Rebate Scheme after the Tax Office botched its efforts to get the money back.