Tax agent terminated for fraudulently claiming Cash Flow Boost payments

A tax agent has had their registration terminated by the  Board Conduct Committee  (BCC) after falsifying business activity statements (BAS) to enable a company – of which they were the sole director… read more

Failure to maintain professional indemnity insurance leads to termination

A tax agent has had their registration terminated after the  Board Conduct Committee  (BCC) found multiple breaches of the  Code of Professional Conduct  (Code).  Our investigations revealed that the… read more

Tax agent sanctioned for failing to meet personal tax obligations

The  Board Conduct Committee  (BCC) suspended a tax agent’s registration and handed down a number of administrative sanctions after our investigation revealed they failed to meet their personal tax… read more

Serious misconduct results in termination and five-year ban

A tax agent has had their registration terminated and is banned from reapplying for the maximum five-year period as the Board Conduct Committee (BCC) found they are no longer a fit and proper person… read more

Multiple Code breaches and misappropriation of funds lead to termination and five-year ban

The Board Conduct Committee (BCC) found that a tax agent had engaged in multiple, serious breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct (Code) and ceased to meet the registration requirement to be a… read more

Deliberate false BAS uncovered during Board investigations

An individual tax agent had their registration suspended for three months and was ordered to complete, and pass, a course on ethics. Our investigations revealed the tax agent had breached multiple… read more

Investigations into the conduct of tax agent and their company reveals multiple Code breaches

Following a referral from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), we conducted an investigation into the conduct of a tax agent which revealed they had breached multiple requirements of the Code of… read more

Multiple Code breaches lead to termination of company and individual registration

After being referred to us by the Australia Taxation Office (ATO), a tax agent has had their registration terminated on the grounds that they were not a fit and proper person to be registered as a… read more

Tax agent fraudulently claims clients’ tax refunds

A tax agent claimed over $700,000 in tax refunds by lodging fraudulent tax returns and business activity statements (BAS) for 20 clients since 2013.   Our investigations, following a complaint,… read more

Dishonesty and multiple Code breaches lead to termination of tax agent registration

Following our investigations, the Board Conduct Committee (BCC) found that a tax agent had breached multiple provisions of the  Code of Professional Conduct  (Code).  The BCC considered that the… read more

Company tries to influence client to withdraw complaint

A company tax agent has had their registration terminated and is banned from applying for registration for three years. Following an investigation, the Board Conduct Committee (BCC) found the company… read more

Multiple Code breaches lead to suspension of tax agent

A tax agent has received a six-month suspension of his registration along with other sanctions, after being referred to us by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Our subsequent investigations into… read more

Tax agent delays passing on tax refunds and fails to maintain PI insurance

A tax agent failed to pass on tax refunds promptly to 19 clients relating to the 2017, 2018 and 2019 financial years. The agent also held the refunds in her personal account instead of a trust… read more

Company amends tax returns without client authorisations

A company tax agent was found to have insufficient supervisory arrangements and review processes which led to unauthorised lodgements of amended income tax returns of five taxpayers.  The company… read more

Tax agent terminated for false declarations in SMSF returns

A tax agent was found to have made false declarations in annual returns that she lodged with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) on behalf of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), including a… read more

Suspended individual allows company to lodge returns with no supervising tax agent

An individual tax agent had allowed his company tax agent to lodge over 400 tax returns and 50 business activity statements (BAS) for clients while he was suspended from providing tax agent services… read more

Tax agent caught in tax evasion of over $1.6 million

A tax agent was found to have grossly underreported his income in his 2017 to 2019 tax returns, resulting in a tax shortfall of over $1.6 million. Australian Taxation Office (ATO) audits revealed the… read more

TPB(I) 08/2011 Reports or other advice incorporating tax agent services provided by a third party

Table of contents TOC (auto-generated) Disclaimer This is a Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Information Sheet (TPB(I)). It is intended to be for information only. While it seeks to provide practical… read more

Company ordered to appoint additional supervising tax agent

The Board Conduct Committee (BCC) found that a company tax agent, with two registered individual tax agents, failed to provide competent services and adequate supervision to its large client base.… read more

Tax agent cautioned for not passing on tax refunds

A tax agent failed to obtain a client’s written authority to use his practice trust account to receive their tax refunds and then used the client’s refunds to offset his fees. Issues found… read more