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Overdue tax debt in excess of $350,000
A tax agent who was the sole registered director and supervising agent for a company had substantial overdue tax debts (in excess of $350,000) and failed to meet their obligations in relation to:… read more
TPB(I) 20/2014 What is a tax (financial) advice service?
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. It provides information regarding the… read more
Company failed to comply with personal tax obligations
A company failed to comply with the taxation laws in the conduct of their personal affairs when they neglected to pay (or make arrangements to pay) debts of almost $270,000. The debts arose from GST… read more
Dishonest behaviour leads to termination
A tax agent was investigated for alleged dishonest behaviour. The tax agent lodged a form with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to change their company director details… read more
Multiple Code breaches lead to termination
We received a complaint from a former client of a tax agent claiming the tax agent had carried out fraudulent activity by: making changes to their 2017 income tax returns (ITRs) without authority… read more
Termination of tax agent company and sole director’s registration
A tax agent company and individual (sole director) had their registration terminated after it was found they had a tax and superannuation debt of over $1.4 million. The investigation identified that… read more
Professional indemnity insurance coverage essential to retain registration
The Board Conduct Committee (BCC) recently terminated the registration of a tax agent who failed to maintain professional indemnity (PI) insurance that meets our requirements. The Tax Practitioners… read more
Dishonest tax agents banned to ensure superannuation integrity
Joint media release between the Australian Taxation Office and the Tax Practitioners Board Following an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) referral the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has recently… read more
Relevant tax (financial) advice experience for tax agents
Table of contents TOC (auto-generated) You must have enough relevant tax (financial) advice experience to register or renew your registration as an individual tax agent to provide only tax (… read more
You can apply for compensation if: our actions give rise to a legal liability (for example, negligence) you have financial losses caused by our defective administration. Any individual, company or… read more
Communications and support We have a range of communication support products and services to assist you to work with us. We prefer to communicate with you digitally via email and SMS messages as it… read more
The Privacy (Australian Government Agencies – Governance) APP Code 2017 (Privacy Code) requires us to conduct a privacy impact assessment (PIA) for all high privacy risk projects from 1 July 2018.… read more
Over $30 million invested to assure high quality tax practitioner services
Taxpayers who use the services of a tax practitioner will now gain additional protection against the risk of engaging an untrustworthy agent due to increased funding to the Tax Practitioners Board (… read more