Tax Practitioners Board

The Tax Practitioners Board is a national Board established under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. On 1 March 2010, this Board replaced six State Tax Agents’ Boards.

This Board performs a variety of statutory functions, including:

• administering the system for the registration of tax agents and BAS agents;
• determining applications for registration;
• investigating conduct that may breach the Tax Agent Services Act 2009, including non-compliance with the Code of Professional Conduct and breaches of the civil penalty provisions;
• imposing administrative sanctions for non-compliance with the Code of Professional Conduct; and
• issuing guidelines on relevant matters.

The Tax Practitioners Board was announced by the Assistant Treasurer on 23 October 2009:

Minister's Speech
Media Release

Chair

Dale Boucher

Board Members

Matthew Addison
Cynthia Coleman
Gordon Cooper
Roger Cotton
Christopher Doogan
Michael Evans
George Fox
Miriam Holmes
Dale Pinto
Russell Smith