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“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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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From 1 July 2025 every $20 million+ transaction with a foreign seller may be impacted under new proposed measures

On the 23rd of July, Treasury issued a consultation paper, entitled Strengthening the foreign resident capital gains tax regime (the…

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Taxing Responsibilities: the practical reality of 8 more obligations for agents under the Code

Note as at 31 July 2024: The Government has indicated that it will now introduce transitional rules for these changes…

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