Lodged at the Deadline? How Long Your Refund Should Take — and Why Calling the ATO Won't Speed It Up

According to the ATO's Tax Time 2026 guidance, most electronically lodged current-year returns are targeted to be finalised within 10Businessdays. Another ATO page puts the figure at 12 business days, so treat the target as roughly two weeks to two and a half weeks.

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

'Dear myGov Customer': The Fake Tax Return 'Discrepancy' Emails Aimed at Last-Minute Lodgers

Services Australia keeps a page listing myGovPhishingemails. Two of the examples on it are aimed squarely at people who have just dealt with their tax.

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

Judge Upholds Counting $4.6 Million in Carried-Forward Tax Losses in a Negligence Payout Fight With HWL Ebsworth

Gregory Lindsay-Owen and his company, Dairycorp, had already won a finding that HWL Ebsworth was negligent. What remained was how much the firm should pay.

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

'Data Is Just Data': ATO Grilled at Senate Estimates Over Super 'Nudge Letters' Sent to Small Businesses

The SenateEconomicsLegislation Committee questioned the ATO on Wednesday 28 October. The exchange was reported two days later.

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

Six Votes to Three: The RBA Lifts Rates to 4.85%, the Highest Since 2008 — and Turns Up the Heat on Chalmers' December Budget Update

On Tuesday 3 November, theMonetary PolicyBoard raised the cash rate target by 25 basis points, from 4.60% to 4.85%.

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

Inflation Isn't Expected to Hit the Top of the RBA's Target Band Until Late 2027 — After the New CGT and Negative Gearing Rules Start

Alongside its decision to lift the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.85% on 3 November, the RBA said inflation "is not expected to reach the top of the 2–3 per cent target range until late 2027".

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

Up to $737 a Month More Since January: The Repayment Squeeze on Property Investors Before Negative Gearing Limits Start in July 2027

The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.85% on 3 November, its fifth increase of 2026.

Sonal Goyal | 03 November 2026

Tax Insights

Lodged at the Deadline? How Long Your Refund Should Take — and Why Calling the ATO Won't Speed It Up

'Dear myGov Customer': The Fake Tax Return 'Discrepancy' Emails Aimed at Last-Minute Lodgers

Judge Upholds Counting $4.6 Million in Carried-Forward Tax Losses in a Negligence Payout Fight With HWL Ebsworth

'Data Is Just Data': ATO Grilled at Senate Estimates Over Super 'Nudge Letters' Sent to Small Businesses

Six Votes to Three: The RBA Lifts Rates to 4.85%, the Highest Since 2008 — and Turns Up the Heat on Chalmers' December Budget Update

Inflation Isn't Expected to Hit the Top of the RBA's Target Band Until Late 2027 — After the New CGT and Negative Gearing Rules Start

Up to $737 a Month More Since January: The Repayment Squeeze on Property Investors Before Negative Gearing Limits Start in July 2027

CBA Now Tips a 14% National Home Price Fall, Up From 9% in September — With Brisbane and Perth Tipped to Fall 18%

Brisbane Records the Steepest Monthly Fall at 2.0% — and a Local Agent Points to the Negative Gearing and CGT Changes

Bought in Melbourne in 2021? Values Are 7.3% Below Five Years Ago — Why Some Investors Face Capital Losses, Not Gains

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