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Application fees increase for tax advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... fees can take effect from 1 July 2018." On March 1, the TPB celebrated its eighth birthday, along with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). "Since the TASA and the TPB commenced, Australian tax practitioners have responded well to the challenge of ...

Advisers call for exam, standards clarity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... proficiency exam. Areas of testing the FPA is recommending include Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act; the Tax Agent Services Act; anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws; common law fiduciary duties and ethics, he said. One audience member expressed ...

Advisers face tax registration risk

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... with the TPB, their registration is in jeopardy because they haven't received our renewal reminders." "The Tax Agent Services Act 2009 also requires registered tax practitioners to notify the TPB within 30 days of their contact details changing," Taylor ...

Lapsed adviser registrations could spell trouble: TPB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... and are no longer registered with the TPB to legally provider tax (financial) advice services. "Under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) if you are providing a tax (financial) advice service for a fee or other reward, you must be registered with ...

Former FPA chair joins Tax Practitioners Board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... the provision of tax agent services across all Australian states and territories as provided for in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (Act). The board's statutory functions include administering the registration of tax agents, BAS agents and tax (financial) ...

TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
A tax and accounting business has been fined a record $900,000 penalty for breaches of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) that all financial advisers need to comply with. The Federal Court of Australia ruled against Peter Kolya and his Canberra-based ...

RG146 "insufficient" on tax education: IPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... of derivative products, employee share schemes, estate planning and in-depth coverage of CGT. Under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009, financial advisers providing tax advice need to be registered as tax agents with the TPB.

Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... education requirements under TASA, the TPB proposed in two exposure drafts on education requirements under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009. The TPB considered the minimum education standards for financial advisers to be insufficient and noted ...

AFA unveils main principles of code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Commission (ASIC). The AFA is now seeking guidance from a working group and taking into account the new Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) requirements, as well as the recommendations of past Senate inquiries into financial advice. Speaking about the recent ...

TPB open for TASA registration from today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... tax financial advice can register from today with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB has sent all Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) instructions and login details to access the ...