TPB begins consulting on four guidance documents

Today the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has released four draft  guidance documents  for public consultation. This includes three new and one updated guidance document for tax practitioners. The… read more

Misappropriation of client refunds leads to termination

Following investigations into a tax agent company and its director, the Board Conduct Committee (BCC) found that the company and its director had breached Code items 1, 2, 3, 7, 13 and 14 by: making… read more

TPB Consultative Forum report — 7 May 2020

Table of contents TOC (auto-generated)   Thank you for joining Ian Klug (TPB Chair), Michael O’Neill (CEO/Secretary), Board member Julie Berry and fellow Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) colleagues at… read more

TPB shuts down Coolah tax agent after large-scale misappropriation of client funds

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has terminated the registrations of  Coolah Tax & Accounting Pty Ltd and its director,  Denis Yeo and imposed a 3-year ban on Mr Yeo reapplying for TPB… read more

How to download the symbol

Before you can download the symbol you need to read and agree to the  Terms and conditions of use  and then request that we create your unique symbol. To submit your… read more

TPB(EP) 01/2010 Code of Professional Conduct

Table of contents TOC (auto-generated)   This is a Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Explanatory Paper (TPB(EP)). It is intended as information only. It provides a detailed explanation of the TPB’s… read more

TPB(I) D50/2022 Code of Professional Conduct – Confidentiality of client information

Table of contents TOC (auto-generated) Tax Practitioners Board exposure draft The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has released this draft Information Sheet (TPB(I) D50/2022) as an exposure draft. This… read more

TPB invites comments on draft guidance on breach reporting obligations

To support professional standards and improved transparency, today the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) released draft guidance on breach reporting obligations. Breach reporting obligations applicable… read more

TPB commences consultation on draft guidance on new Code obligations

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has released draft guidance for consultation on 3 of the new obligations under the Tax Agent Services ( Code of Professional Conduct ) Determination 2024 (… read more

TPB expands consultation on draft Code Determination guidance

To ensure appropriate standards of professional and ethical conduct in the tax profession are upheld, the regulator for tax practitioners, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), today released draft… read more

Events that may affect your continued registration

There are certain events that may affect your continued registration as a registered tax practitioner. Where it is a partnership that is the registered tax practitioner - the event may be one that… read more

Tax agents terminated after showing blatant disregard for their tax affairs

Two decisions made by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to terminate tax agent registrations, for failing to comply with their tax affairs, have been upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (… read more

Tax Practitioners Board integrity decision upheld by Federal Court

A Sydney tax agent, Hany Mina, who was the director of Logic Accountants & Tax Professionals Pty Ltd (Logic), failed to lodge their outstanding tax obligations… read more

Incapacity of a tax practitioner

Sometimes you may become incapacitated due to an unforeseen event (for example, a health condition) and may not be able to run your practice in the short or long term. This… read more

Outsourcing and offshoring

About the webinar Learn more about outsourcing and offshoring, including the factors to consider when entering into arrangements and the consequences of having… read more

TPB protecting the public interest

Clients of tax practitioners need to be advised when their agent is subject to sanctions and deregistration. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has supported the Tax Practitioner Board’s (TPB… read more

Taking reasonable care under pressure

View the resources for our webinar,  Taking reasonable care under pressure .   In this webinar we take a deep dive into recent research findings from the University of … read more