Regulation

TPB releases guidance on new sanctions powers

The board has said it will adopt “a proportionate and risk-based approach” to determining appropriate responses to...

18 September 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

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Business

TPB’s interim suspension powers needs safeguards: CA ANZ

The professional body has argued that interim suspension powers proposed in the TPB sanctions reforms draft...

27 August 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Business

TPB sanctions framework should embed protections in the law: NTAA

The instruments in the draft TPB sanction reforms could destroy a tax practitioner’s reputation and should include...

21 August 2026 • By Malavika Santhebennur

Technology

TPB AI guidance explained + free AI Governance checklist

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12 August 2026 • By Ignition

Tax

Submission calls for balanced, transparent TPB suspension framework

The federal government is being urged to strengthen safeguards around proposed powers that would allow the TPB to...

11 August 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Business

‘A sign of the times’: ATO audit outcome letter reflects more assertive...

One tax lawyer urges accountants to explain their position when they lodge to avoid conceding to an unfavourable ATO...

06 August 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Technology

Headline: What the TPB's final AI guidance means for your client data

The Tax Practitioners Board has recently finalised its AI guidance. Elfworks co-founders Jimmy McPhedran and Ian...

06 August 2026 • By ElfWorks

Business

Lost clients, lost livelihood: fair TPB suspension requires hearing, lawyer says

One tax lawyer has identified an opportunity in the changes to the Tax Agent Services Act sanctions proposals, where...

30 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

TPB managing conflict of interest issues ‘appropriately’, chair tells inquiry

Peter de Cure has sought to assure senator Deborah O'Neill that the TPB is carefully managing any potential conflict...

29 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

TPB publishes finalised guidance on AI for tax practitioners

The board has released a guidance statement to assist registered tax practitioners in understanding how their existing...

24 July 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Business

Law firm sounds alarm on TPB suspension powers in TASA amendments

Cadena Legal says amendments that would provide the TPB with emergency suspension powers are of significant concern to...

20 July 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Business

TPB to bypass investigation step in new 90-day suspension powers

One tax expert has stressed that the proposal to grant the board the power to impose an interim suspension on a tax...

16 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

Why a looming $18m penalty cap has the profession on edge

Following Treasury's unveiling of new sanctions for tax agents on 2 July, one senior tax advocate has said that while...

09 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Business

TPB crackdown: Decade-long bans and new penalty powers

With the PwC scandal a couple of years back raising questions about professional misconduct, Treasury has announced...

06 July 2026 • By Carlos Tse

Regulation

Accountant seeks to overturn TPB findings in tribunal review

Peter Ristevski has lodged an application with the Administrative Review Tribunal seeking an independent review of the...

01 July 2026 • By Miranda Brownlee

Tax

BAS agent’s registration application rejected over insufficient experience

The Administrative Review Tribunal has upheld a TPB decision to reject a tax agent registration application after...

10 June 2026 • By Carlos Tse

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

Technology

TPB’s draft AI guidance needs greater practical utility: CA ANZ

The industry body has stressed that the guidance must include greater detail to ensure verification of AI outputs and...

07 May 2026 • By Carlos Tse