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Tax advisers in need of additional PI insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said advisers who provide tax advice need to extend their professional indemnity (PI) insurance coverage to meet the organisation's minimum requirements. The TPB outlined the proposal in Exposure Draft Explanatory Paper ...

Advisers to complete 60 extra education hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has proposed that registered tax advisers complete a minimum of 60 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) in three years as part of the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 legislation. The TPB released Exposure ...

TPB releases guidance on conflict of interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has focused its first document outlining guidance for the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 on the management of conflicts of interest. The document details the actions that registered tax agents should take in case ...

Advisers "hopeful" to hear FoFA changes before 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... government relations Dante De Gori said that the organisation is also in talks with the government and the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) about the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA). De Gori said that drafted regulations could be ready in the first quarter ...

FPA expects TASA to require "massive" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) expects the advice industry and the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to go through "a massive matching process" to determine competency requirements for advisers under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA). FPA chief ...

Adviser engagement becomes TPB main priority

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Engaging with financial advisers who provide tax advice is the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) first priority for 2014. The TPB annual report for 2012 and 2013 reveals that the organisation has already started consultations with stakeholders, including ...

Industry asks for stronger consultation after elections

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... FPA will be talking to both parties about issues such as "grandfathering, planners registering to the Tax Practitioners Board or the streamlining of fee disclosure statements."

FPA outlines concerns on TASA submission to Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... The organisation also said that there was a lack of coordination and collaboration between Treasury, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), industry, the profession and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in regard to developing enhanced ...

TPB starts consultation on TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has started consultations with stakeholders to clarify any uncertainty around the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB is helping advisers prepare for the regulatory change and providing them ...

Government agrees to 12-month TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... be voted this week in Parliament and after that the industry will start to work with Treasury and the Tax Practitioners Board.