ATO's assistant commissioner Karen Foat (pictured) has revealed the five simple mistakes Australians are making when lodging their tax returnsAustralians have been making five simple mistakes while lodging their tax returns which is slowing down the returns process. Within two days, the ATO received a whopping 230,000 tax return applications, however many of them were riddled with mistakes. ATO's assistant commissioner Karen Foat said it was simple errors which slowed down the returns process. Ms Foat also noted that Australians were copying previous years' returns when they shouldn't due to changed circumstances. H & R Block's director of communications Mark Chapman requested that Australians wait to lodge their tax until they have all the necessary information ready.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2020 16:05 UTC