Government plan to fix ‘robotax fiasco’ doesn’t go far enough, critics say

Compensation needed for those who have already paid debts incurred before 2017, independent MP says

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A federal government plan to unwind a “callous” tax campaign designed to extract historical debts does not go far enough and should include compensation for those who were unfairly pressured into making payments, critics of the scheme say.

The ATO program dubbed “robotax” was designed to raise as much as $15.2bn by pursuing an assortment of debts – many of which were inadvertently accrued decades ago and had been hidden from taxpayers.

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