THE Australian Tax Office has refused to reveal how much money New Zealand wineries have received in wine tax rebates. The Weekly Times this month asked the ATO to disclose how much Australian taxpayers have paid to NZ since it became eligible for wine tax rebates in 2005. But an ATO spokeswoman refused to say how much had flowed across the Tasman or to explain why the ATO would not provide the figures. The Federal Government introduced rebates on the 29 per cent Wine Equalisation Tax to Australian wineries in 2004.