{
  "id": 511879,
  "title": "Over half a million people owe tax. How did this happen?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/over-half-a-million-people-owe-tax-how-did-this-happen",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T18:44:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/957513/over-half-a-million-people-owe-tax-how-did-this-happen"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One economist says Inland Revenue needs to be asking questions about how billions of dollars in tax debt has been allowed to accumulate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}