Pensioner fights back against tax department - Brisbane Times

Toowoomba resident Rae Densley is claiming a win for the "little man" after being reimbursed $1800 from the Australian Tax Department.

Since 1983, the Commonwealth Bank had been taking a withholding tax from Mrs Densley's 92-year-old mother's bank account.

If account holders do not supply their bank with their tax file number, then the banks are forced by law to deduct a tax from any interest earned.

And because the elderly pensioner did all of her own banking, the tax was not brought to the attention of other family members.

"Mum didn't take any notice; she just thought it was another bank fee, not something being taken out for the tax department," Mrs Densley said.

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