Tax

ATO warns tax agents not to rely on property manager reports

Tax practitioners have been cautioned against relying on reports from property managers when preparing rental property...

22 July 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

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Regulation

Former accountant's 'unlawful' tax agent services exposed by TPB investigation

An investigation by the TPB has found that a former accountant contravened the Tax Agent Services Act by providing tax...

03 June 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Unregistered tax agent’s sham business collapses in court

The Federal Court has come down hard on a man accused of profiting from tax agent services despite not being registered.

15 May 2026 • By Naomi Neilson

Technology

IPA calls for ATO to expand call verification feature to tax agents

The accounting body says the ATO's new verify call feature offers critical protection for taxpayers, but has urged the...

10 April 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

Tax agent loses TPB registration following tax evasion, illegal wage kickback...

The Tax Practitioners Board has revoked a Melbourne accountant’s tax agent registration after he evaded taxes and...

31 March 2026 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

Tax agents air frustrations about delays with new GIC remission forms

The ATO's new system for lodging GIC remission requests through OSFA is causing delays in remission decisions in some...

13 March 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

ATO flags essential questions for lodgment deferrals

The Tax Office has outlined important questions for tax agents to consider before applying for lodgment deferrals for...

10 March 2026 • By Amelia McNamara

Regulation

Former tax agent convicted over misleading statement in registration renewal

The Tax Practitioners Board has said the recent conviction of a former tax agent reinforces the importance of full...

04 March 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

Government to address Payday Super snag that has tax agents worried

The government says it’s aware of a Payday Super implementation snag that could see workers inadvertently breaching...

30 January 2026 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

Court clears way for TPB to deregister Ballarat tax agent after fiduciary...

A Ballarat-based accountant found guilty of fiduciary breaches has failed to secure a stay of TPB proceedings seeking...

08 January 2026 • By Emma Partis

Regulation

Most-read stories about TPB tax agent banning, terminations in 2025

Reflect here on some of the action and enforcement taken against practitioners by the TPB in 2025.

05 January 2026 • By Imogen Wilson

Business

‘Serious breach of trust’: TPB bans tax agent for overseeing $1m...

The TPB has terminated a tax agent’s registration after he enabled an unregistered preparer to misappropriate almost...

17 November 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

‘ATO treats tax agents adversarially’: CA ANZ, IPA call for improvement of ATO...

The accounting bodies are weighing in on the Tax Ombudsman’s review into the ATO’s management of GIC remission, with...

10 November 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

Can Do Accounting, no more: Tax agent terminated by TPB

Can Do Accounting’s tax agent has been terminated by the TPB for “serious breaches” of the Professional Code of Conduct.

23 October 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

Tax agent speaks out after ATO denied hospitalised client’s lodgment deferral...

A tax practitioner has spoken out after the ATO denied her tax deferral request for a client who was hospitalised and...

22 October 2025 • By Emma Partis

Tax

‘Overwhelmed, disappointed’: Tax Ombudsman slams ATO tax agent service

Tax agents are increasingly dissatisfied with the ATO, its poor service, and “strained relationships”, the Tax...

16 October 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Tax

‘We don’t feel cared for’: Tax agents push for reinstalment of ATO...

Tax practitioners are consistently struggling to engage with the ATO, with a practitioner calling for the regulator to...

01 October 2025 • By Imogen Wilson

Regulation

TPB to take unregistered, unlawful tax agent to the Federal Court

The board is taking legal action against an unregistered tax preparer who has been unlawfully providing tax services.

18 September 2025 • By Imogen Wilson