App update rejected as spam

Our app serial, TaxFreeway, is a Canadian T1 tax return preparing app approved by Canada Revenue Agency.

There is a new app release each year for the corresponding year's tax return. We have more than 10 existing Apps (for every previous years) listed on App Store.

The App for tax year 2021, TaxFreeway 2021, is listed at Canada government website below.

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/e-services/e-services-individuals/netfile-overview/certified-software-netfile-program/detailed-information-taxfreeway.html

Apple App Store has accepted the App since December 2021.

We recently send a new app update to Apple App Store based on Canada Revenue Agency's latest requirements. The update is rejected by App Store review by following reason:

"Thank you for your resubmission. However, upon further review, we found that your app is out of compliance with the following guideline(s):

Guideline 4.3 - Design

We noticed that your app provides the same feature set as other apps submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or language, which is considered a form of spam."

We have no clue for how to solve the issue. Can somebody help us on it?

Thanks Apple App Store review team to sort it out quickly.

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App update rejected as spam
 
 
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