Assuming last is required, the following 4044 results were found.

  1. TPB's AI guidance fails to address 'most significant compliance risk', warns NTAA

    to the National Tax and Accountants' Association (NTAA). The TPB released draft Information sheet (TPB(I) D62/2026) last month to help tax practitioners understand their obligations under the Code of Professional Conduct in relation to the use of AI....

  2. TPB, ATO quizzed on whether PwC ‘too big to fail’

    imposition of an appropriate penalty because the market couldn’t cope. That’s a big problem for regulation.” An ASIC report last week confirmed that auditor numbers have fallen by one-third over the past decade, to just 3,268 at the start of September,...

  3. TPB, ATO practitioner crackdown reels in $40m

    late SMSF returns owed by tax practitioners have now been recovered by the ATO and Tax Practitioners Board. First launched last year, the TPB’s debt and compliance project has now seen tax practitioners pay over $40 million in outstanding tax bills....

  4. TPB urges small firms to prepare for new code obligations

    Conduct obligations that will begin from 1 July 2025. The new code obligations were introduced by the government last year under the Tax Agent Services (Code of Professional Conduct) Determination 2024. The obligations already commenced for large firms...

  5. TPB urges action ahead of January deadline for new blitz

    get their outstanding personal tax affairs in order to get ahead of stricter actions, including penalties and prosecution. Last month, the TPB announced the launch of a debt and lodgment project for tax practitioners who have personal tax debts with no...

  6. TPB unveils new ‘transparent’ register

    to improve the effectiveness of the regulatory environment, including suggesting a return of the accountants’ exemption. Last month, the TPB floated a proposal to significantly increase the minimum continuing professional education (CPE) requirement for...

  7. TPB unveils 2025–26 focus to strengthen compliance, trust, support

    ongoing interactions with the tax profession, as well as the complaints and referrals about tax advisers, totalling 14,000 last year. From this, the TPB warned it would take action against those who failed to address serious misconduct as it aimed to...

  8. TPB treads fine line with new tax agent rules

    and guidance to resolve unsettled issues with the determination made by Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones at the start of last month. Small accounting and bookkeeping businesses have feared the additional workloads created by record keeping, quality...

  9. TPB to implement safeguards against ‘vexatious breach reports’

    practitioners for significant breaches and the potential for vexatious reports to be made since the reforms were legislated last year. From 1 July 2024, registered tax practitioners will need to comply with additional breach reporting obligations under...

  10. TPB terminates former PwC CEO’s tax agent status following tax leaks failures

    protections from corrupt contractors," Greens senator Barbara Pocock said. “The Australian Greens introduced a bill last week that would allow the Commonwealth to debar dodgy contractors, like PwC, from entering into government contracts and it would...

  11. TPB terminates 4th tax agent for SAN misuse

    other tax agents who look to deliberately misreport a SAN. “In addition to those agents we referred to the TPB, since 1 July last year, we’ve also referred a few to our prosecutions area and that’s where the SAN misuse was considered quite serious...

  12. TPB spies on unregistered agents online, launches new tax time campaign

    agent may or may not have.” The campaign follows a $20 million funding boost to the TPB, as announced in the federal budget last month. The additional funding will come from an increase in tax and BAS agent registration fees, in a bid to ensure the TPB...

  13. TPB sounds warning to unregistered agents

    password with anyone, and if they plan to use a tax agent, to make sure they are registered with the TPB.” ‘Weed them out’ Last month, Victorian barrister Chris Wallis said the ATO could easily help solve the issue of unregistered agents by denying tax...

  14. TPB sends warning to unregistered preparers as tax time 2021 begins

    said the regulator would continue its crackdown on unregistered preparers this tax time after receiving over 200 complaints last year. “The case of Nathan Williams highlights the issue that dealing with an unregistered preparer this tax time can cost...

  15. TPB sees pushback on academic plans

    Tax Practitioners Board has been told to put a hold on its plan to legislate current guidelines on academic requirements. Last month, the TPB proposed to convert existing guidelines and information sheets containing requirements for board-approved...

  16. TPB review called to consider skyrocketing cost of practice

    needs to consider how competing legislative frameworks can be harmonised.” The TPB review, announced by the government last week, should the impact of increasing regulatory costs and compliance burdens, says Mr Drum. Fund the regulator Mr Drum has also...

  17. TPB reports over 1k whistleblower reports under new regime

    about the number of whistleblower reports it has received since changes to the whistleblower laws came into effect on 1 July last year. Since 1 July 2024 Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has been able to receive disclosures of information from eligible...

  18. TPB reports ‘healthy growth’ in BAS agents

    of age In addition, 60 per cent of individual BAS agents are members of a recognised professional association. As reported last week, Mr Taylor is bullish on the future of the BAS agent population in Australia, particularly given its compliance track...

  19. TPB releases draft guidance on breach reporting obligations

    or the opinion of others without being substantiated will not be based on 'reasonable grounds’.” Since they were announced last year, CPA Australia said there has been considerable confusion and uncertainty around how the obligations will work in...

  20. TPB releases caution, termination numbers

    The Tax Practitioners Board has released its figures for the last 12 months, detailing the number of written cautions, orders and terminations that were issued as a result of tax agents not submitting their annual declarations. The TPB launched the...