Morning News: Hundreds of thousands of Australian families could be given a surprise tax bill

The Australian Council of Social Service backed calls for a $75 per week increase to Newstart payments. Source: AAP

Hundreds of thousands of Australian families could be given a surprise tax bill

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Newspaper reports say the Department of Human Services will check families' actual incomes against those they reported to the government in July 2018.

And childcare providers believe about one-third of the 1.1 million Australian families receiving the childcare subsidy could owe money.

A spokesman for the Department of Human Services says a range of repayment options will be available if people do owe money and some people could actually receive more money as part of the review.