Woman receives ‘second tax return’ from ATO in surprise cash boostThe woman thought an extra $200 deposit to her account was a scam, but it turned out to be a slice of unclaimed money - and millions of Australians could also be eligible.2 min read

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A cash boost of almost $200 has led to an Australian woman urging others to check if they’re eligible for a slice of unclaimed superannuation.The woman took to Reddit this week to share a screenshot ...

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I checked MyGov, and I cannot find anything about this second tax return.”A cash boost of almost $200 has led to an Australian woman urging others to check if they’re eligible for a slice of unclaimed superannuation. Credit: Reddit/AusFinanceSuspecting something was awry, she contacted the ATO for clarification.In a subsequent update to the post, she said the money was unclaimed super from a previous job that was deposited to her account.“I just spoke to the ATO and apparently it’s unclaimed super money.“Upon further investigation it looks like a super account from a previous job that I forgot about was closed down and they sent the money back to me.“I just wish they would’ve sent a notification or some details about it, as I did not receive any info from the super or the ATO about this which made it look very scammy.”More than 1.5 million Australians warned of fine to hit on Thursday2 min readThe dodgy tactics used in Australia’s $16 billion tax rip-off2 min readAccording to the ATO’s website, there is almost $18 billion in unclaimed superannuation.Deputy Commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said the ATO worked to reunite people with lost and unclaimed super.“Since 2021, the ATO has reunited almost $6.4 billion of unclaimed super with its owners. But there is still more than $17.8 billion waiting to be found,” Rosenzweig said.“If you’ve changed job, moved house or simply forgotten to update your details, you may have lost or unclaimed super.“We’re urging Australians to check if some of the $17.8 billion in lost and unclaimed super belongs to them.“Even if you’ve retired you could have lost or unclaimed super. The ATO is holding $471 million on behalf of people aged 65 plus.”The ATO said the first step was checking super account details, either online or by directly contacting the fund.Albanese to wipe 20 per cent off all student debts2 min readThe common mistakes costing some Aussies thousands at tax time4 min read","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.1","shortVersion":"4.29.1","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2482460664"}