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Dodgy SMSF operator loses appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) decision to terminate a Perth tax practitioner has been upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Ashley Cross was found to have falsely lodged 125 SMSF annual returns over nine years which declared that self-managed ...

Jail time for tax adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... companies, were also fined over $640,000 for multiple offences under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said it was a welcome outcome, and expressed concern that Hacker had continued to act illegally throughout the protracted ...

Government backs disciplinary body in principle

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... for financial advisers providing tax advice "in principle" in response to the independent review of the Tax Practitioners Board. In announcing its support for the review of the TPB and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 last week, the federal government ...

Fake tax agent penalised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... preventing Caolboy from providing tax agent or BAS services for three years and remains unregistered from the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). Justice Michael Wheelahan noted that Caolboy's actions were at the "serious end of the spectrum" as her clients ...

BAS agents to expand service offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The Tax Practitioners Board has registered a new legislative instrument to allow BAS agents to expand their services in relation to the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC). The instrument, Tax Agent Services (Specified BAS Services No. 2) Instrument ...

Crackdown on SAN misuse continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... its crackdown on SAN misuse. Following a referral from the ATO in relation to identified SAN misuse, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) terminated the registration of an agent. The TPB said the agent had made false and misleading statements in various ...

Calls to axe TPB for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
There are calls to stop financial advisers having to register for the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) after a recent reshuffle of the board has seen the regulator without an advice representative. Writing for FS Advice, Lifespan Financial Planning chief ...

Tax Practitioners Board adds members

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has announced the appointments of three part-time members of the Tax Practitioners Board for a three-year period. Peter de Cure, Judy Sullivan and Craig Stephens have joined the board. de Cure was first appointed to ...

TPB bans tax agent over COVID-19 fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has terminated the company registration of Sydney-based tax agent after she attempted to exploit a COVID-19 stimulus measure for over $20,000. The TPB determined TLL Tax Pty Ltd and its director Liying Tong breached ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... Anderson pointed out that among the three main bodies that regulate financial advice - ASIC, FASEA and the Tax Practitioners Board - there is duplication in compliance requirements. The associations also faced questioning on the FASEA exam and the participation ...