‘I’m giving up’: ATO site crash sparks outrage as Aussies desperate for cash relief

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Labor’s attempts to spruik its “substantial” cost of living measures have backfired as struggling Australians were prevented from lodging tax returns after the ATO website crashed.

'I'm giving up, this is ridiculous': Aussies outraged after ATO site crashes as hordes of people flood to lodge tax returns

Another of the government’s measures – changing indexation to HECs and backdating it to June 2023 – will likely appear in some Australians’ tax returns. Troves of struggling taxpayers took to their MyGov accounts on Monday to finally access this much lauded relief to no avail. Since the beginning of the year, the government has desperately tried to spruik its cost of living relief measures to distract from the disastrous immigration bungling, persistent inflation and threats from its left flank on the war in Gaza.

Even as hordes of people could not access the government’s “practical measures” on Monday, the Prime Minister and a bevy of frontbenchers took to Question Time to pat themselves on the back. “The cost-of-living relief but also today is substantial, it is meaningful and it is responsible. It is the cost-of-living relief meet people need and deserve.

Director of Tax Communications at H&R Block Mark Chapman labelled the tech meltdown as “disappointing” as it was “wholly foreseeable” millions of Aussies would look to reap the benefits of more cash in their pockets.

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