Profiting from others’ loss? The perils of taking client lists
Client lists are integral to an accounting practice’s goodwill. Quite rightly, practices will go to great lengths to protect such…
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Tax Insight: Real and significant risks for tax practitioners who fail to keep their tax affairs up to date
On 11 December 2018, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) announced that it had launched a new compliance campaign targeting tax…
“Not a theoretical exercise”: Accountants who ignore warnings from the Tax Office may be subject to professional investigations by the Tax Practitioners Board
Last week, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) issued a public statement that it had identified 702 trustees from 356 self-managed super…
New laws for the Tax Practitioners Board should close technical loopholes currently permitting disqualified accountants from providing tax agent services
The Government is presently passing new laws to close technical loopholes in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). At present, accountants…
No more goodwill: the Tax Practitioners Board targets accountants with new Expanded Compliance Program
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) recently announced further details about its new compliance program with surprisingly little fanfare. The devil…
Not all doom and gloom for disqualified accountants under the Tax Practitioners Board’s new rules
Significant changes to the regulation of accountants came into effect on 1 January 2024. You can read our previous article…