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Matthew Elmas

‘Dangerous’: ATO hands out $5.7 billion in tax refunds in July as inflation soars

Millions are enjoying big tax offsets, but economists fear it will make inflation worse. Photo: TND

The federal government has paid out $5.7 billion in tax refunds to households in July as economists warn generous offsets are working against the Reserve Bank’s battle to curb soaring inflation.

New figures from the Australian Taxation Office on Wednesday revealed more than two million people rushed to file their 2021-22 tax returns over the past four weeks.

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