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Tax Practitioners Board
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GPO Box 1620
SYDNEY NSW 2001

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Disclosure log

This disclosure log lists information we have released in response to an FOI access request.

Information attached to, or referred to, in this disclosure log will generally be removed after 12 months, unless the information has enduring public value.

FOI reference number
FOI Request #110
Date of access	29 January 2025
FOI request	Copies of letters sent out by the TPB to current and former members of PwC Australia, as referred to in questions on notice response 184 to the Parliament Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (received 23 October 2024). The TPB identified that it had concluded no further action against 4 partners.
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information
FOI Request #5/24-25
Date of access	17 January 2025
FOI request	Minutes of meetings, briefs and file notes relevant to the following matters related to the Tax Agent Services (Code of Professional Conduct) Determination 2024: the decision to not conduct consultations with professional bodies in the accounting and tax industries consultations with the TPB by Minister Jones (or his office) in respect of the determination impact of the determination on the tax industry in Australia guidance products to be prepared for tax agents bound by changes to the Code of Professional Conduct.
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information
FOI Request #105
Date of access	31 October 2024
FOI request	Any drafts of the TPB 2020-2021 annual report which referred to difficulties involving access to ATO data sets, and any subsequent correspondence between the ATO and the TPB, in regard to references to these difficulties in the draft annual report. Any correspondence involving Chris Jordan and Michael Mumford pertaining to the issue above.
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information	Not applicable
FOI Request #24-2
Date of access	14 September 2023
FOI request	A copy of the Tax Practitioners Board Style guide
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information	Not applicable
FOI Request #29/22-23
Date of access	26 July 2023
FOI request	All versions of Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policies for Board members from 2015 to the current version.
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information	Not applicable
FOI Request #26/22-23
Date of access	5 July 2023
FOI request	Email communications between Board members, TPB and the Australian Taxation Office in relation to the request from Senate Estimates to release a copy of the e-mails that formed a part of the investigation into the disciplinary case of Peter John Collins and his former firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (also known as PwC) during the period the TPB received the request at Senate estimates in February to the date of the tabling of those e-mails
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information	Not applicable
FOI Request #24/22-23
Date of access	23 June 2023
FOI request	Subject matter concerning the conduct of TPB investigation into Peter Collins/PWC and views and opinions or thereabouts of the Commissioner of Taxation on this and any TPB responses
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information	Not applicable
FOI Request #23/22-23
Date of access	2 June 2023
FOI request	During period 22 January to 29 January 2023, any emails, correspondence or reports internally of media coverage about Peter-John Collins
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released
Other information	Not applicable
03032017
Date of access	19 May 2017
FOI request	The application to become a recognised tax agent association from CPA Australia. Documents relating to the determination that CPA Australia complies with section 207(a) of Tax Agent Services Regulations 2009. Documents relating to the TPB policies on how it assesses compliance with section 207(a).
Information published in the disclosure log	Documents released in full
Other information	Not applicable

FOI reference number	Date of access	FOI request	Information published in the disclosure log	Other information
FOI Request #110	29 January 2025	Copies of letters sent out by the TPB to current and former members of PwC Australia, as referred to in questions on notice response 184 to the Parliament Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (received 23 October 2024). The TPB identified that it had concluded no further action against 4 partners.	Documents released
FOI Request #5/24-25	17 January 2025	Minutes of meetings, briefs and file notes relevant to the following matters related to the Tax Agent Services (Code of Professional Conduct) Determination 2024: the decision to not conduct consultations with professional bodies in the accounting and tax industries consultations with the TPB by Minister Jones (or his office) in respect of the determination impact of the determination on the tax industry in Australia guidance products to be prepared for tax agents bound by changes to the Code of Professional Conduct.	Documents released
FOI Request #105	31 October 2024	Any drafts of the TPB 2020-2021 annual report which referred to difficulties involving access to ATO data sets, and any subsequent correspondence between the ATO and the TPB, in regard to references to these difficulties in the draft annual report. Any correspondence involving Chris Jordan and Michael Mumford pertaining to the issue above.	Documents released	Not applicable
FOI Request #24-2	14 September 2023	A copy of the Tax Practitioners Board Style guide	Documents released	Not applicable
FOI Request #29/22-23	26 July 2023	All versions of Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policies for Board members from 2015 to the current version.	Documents released	Not applicable
FOI Request #26/22-23	5 July 2023	Email communications between Board members, TPB and the Australian Taxation Office in relation to the request from Senate Estimates to release a copy of the e-mails that formed a part of the investigation into the disciplinary case of Peter John Collins and his former firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (also known as PwC) during the period the TPB received the request at Senate estimates in February to the date of the tabling of those e-mails	Documents released	Not applicable
FOI Request #24/22-23	23 June 2023	Subject matter concerning the conduct of TPB investigation into Peter Collins/PWC and views and opinions or thereabouts of the Commissioner of Taxation on this and any TPB responses	Documents released	Not applicable
FOI Request #23/22-23	2 June 2023	During period 22 January to 29 January 2023, any emails, correspondence or reports internally of media coverage about Peter-John Collins	Documents released	Not applicable
03032017	19 May 2017	The application to become a recognised tax agent association from CPA Australia. Documents relating to the determination that CPA Australia complies with section 207(a) of Tax Agent Services Regulations 2009. Documents relating to the TPB policies on how it assesses compliance with section 207(a).	Documents released in full	Not applicable

Last modified: 10 April 2025