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9 Dec 2023

On a Saturday night, I was looking through myGov and noticed I had an overdue payment. It was an "income tax 001". I went through and paid the full amount that was owed. After paying it said I had another payment due, so I paid that as well. After it was paid I went back to the home screen and it was still there. It was at that moment I realised I had just paid the same thing twice and it has not gone away. Will this be amended and the extra payment returned to my account?

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(Community Moderator)Community Moderator

11 Dec 2023

Hi @conyconcon,

Ah that's a bit annoying!

So payments to us take about 4 business days to process and show on your account. After this, if your account is showing up in credit you can either:

Leave it there and it'll be taken into out when you lodge your next tax return
Speak to us to have this refunded
Have your tax agent request the refund on your behalf (if you use one).

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(Community Moderator)Community Moderator

11 Dec 2023

Hi @conyconcon,

Ah that's a bit annoying!

So payments to us take about 4 business days to process and show on your account. After this, if your account is showing up in credit you can either:

Leave it there and it'll be taken into out when you lodge your next tax return
Speak to us to have this refunded
Have your tax agent request the refund on your behalf (if you use one).

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