Business groups have demanded an explanation for why they were kept in the dark for months about the Australian Taxation Office's plan to ban credit card payments for tax bills. Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said the government knew of the plan in July, the ATO decided in late September, and Labor stepped in to cover card fees until the end of the financial year after small business protests. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar said the policymaking process “cannot be repeated,” while Industry Minister Tim Ayres rejected the criticism and said reversing the ban was unlikely. Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson argued that small businesses should not learn of such decisions in the newspaper.
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