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Registration options for wholesale advisers

With the establishment of the Single Disciplinary Body for financial advisers, as of 1 January 2022 the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) no longer regulates tax (financial) advisers. The provision of… read more

Tax Practitioners Board Annual Report 2017-18 released

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) 2017-18 annual report released today, revealed the registered tax practitioner population and public search for registered tax agents is on the rise. Chair of the… read more

AAT affirms TPB decision to terminate tax agent’s registration

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has affirmed the decision of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to terminate the tax agent registration of Mr Ranjit Dadwal, and impose a period of two years… read more

Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board welcomes new Secretary/CEO

Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Mr Ian Taylor today welcomed a new Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Michael O’Neill, to the role. A taxation lawyer with close to 30 years of public… read more

Strengthening the Tax Practitioners Board's role in protecting consumers of tax services

Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), Mr Ian Taylor, welcomes tonight’s Federal Budget announcement to provide the TPB with ongoing additional funding. Mr Taylor said that ‘the additional… read more

Tax agent’s lack of reasonable care lead to tax shortfalls and penalties for clients

A tax agent and their company tax agent registrations were both terminated for serious breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct (Code). The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) conducted extensive… read more

Repeated disregard of tax laws and incompetent services lead to registration termination

A referral from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) led us to investigate the conduct of a tax agent. It was found that this tax agent had failed to pay an outstanding tax debt when it fell due.… read more

Gaining relevant experience under franchise arrangements

To become a registered tax practitioner, individual applicants must meet certain relevant experience requirements, which are set out in the Tax Agent Services Regulations 2022 . All relevant… read more

Requests for information

Your own information If you want access to your own basic information, you can request this information directly from us by making a general enquiry . You do not need to apply under Freedom of… read more

TPB Consultative Forum report - 6 December 2022

Table of contents TOC (auto-generated) Thank you for joining Ian Klug (TPB Chair), Elinor Kasapidis (Tax Practitioner Governance and Standards Forum Co-Chair), Michael O’Neill (TPB CEO/Secretary),… read more

TPB(I) 38/2023 What is a BAS service?

Table of contents TOC (auto-generated) Disclaimer This is a Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Information sheet (TPB(I)). It provides information regarding the TPB’s position on the application of… read more

Previous Annual Reports

TPB Annual Report archive Contact us if you need a copy of our earlier reports. 2023–24 Annual Report Download 2022–23 Annual Report Download 2021–22 Annual Report Download 2020–21 Annual… read more

TPB(I) 39/2023 What is a tax agent service?

Former PwC partner banned for integrity breach

Peter-John Collins , a former tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has been deregistered as a tax agent for integrity breaches by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). Mr Collins’ deregistration… read more

TPB marks eight years of national tax practitioner regulation

Chair of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), Mr Ian Taylor, said that today marks the eighth anniversary of the TPB and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB commenced operations on 1… read more