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Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... and young people facing difficult circumstances." Former FPA chair Berry, is currently a director of the Tax Practitioners Board and runs her own practice, Berry Financial Services. Humphrey joins the board while serving as a director of The Infants ...

TPB welcomes independent review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) welcomed the release of a discussion paper in the review of the TPB and the Tax Agent Services Act 2009. The new discussion paper outlines the views of Keith James, who is heading up the independent review into the ...

350 tax practitioners under investigation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board revealed 350 tax practitioners are currently under investigation for high risk behaviour. Those high risk behaviours include failing to meet personal tax obligations, over-claiming work-related expenses on behalf of clients ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... led the rebranding of the industry body to include financial advisers and gained accreditation from the Tax Practitioners Board as a Tax Financial Adviser Association. More recently, Green assisted in the development of FASEA-approved education courses ...

The case for tax deductible advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... agents and lawyers represents a precedent. The FPA also cited the requirement for advisers to join the Tax Practitioners Board and the banning of commissions under FOFA as fair motivations.

Government launches TPB review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
The Federal Government launched a review into the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board. In a media release on Tuesday Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said the review would examine the TPB's effectiveness in ensuring tax agent services are ...

New TPB chair welcomed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has named the new chair of the Tax Practitioners Board. Ian Klug is set to take over as chair of the TPB, replacing Ian Taylor who has served in the role for six years. Klug was a partner at Pitcher Partners for 18 years to 2008 ...

FASEA makes adviser exam adjustments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... Requirements will only cover the Tax Agents Services Act. It will not include the broader requirements of the Tax Practitioners Board, FASEA said. In addition, the reading time for the 3.5 hour exam has been reduced to 15 minutes from 30 minutes. FASEA ...

ATO and TPB terminate tax agents

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... Accountants and Nicoh Group were terminated this week following a joint TPB and ATO investigation. The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) received 19 consumer complaints about the registered tax agents. The complaints ...

Advisers failing to submit SMSF returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... self-managed superannuation fund, have outstanding SMSF annual returns. This latest figure comes from the Tax Practitioners Board as it launches a new compliance strategy. The TPB is calling on registered tax practitioners - which collectively refers ...