The Tax Practitioners Board maintains a register of tax agents and BAS agents. You can access and search this https://www.tpb.gov.au/home.  This register includes details of the registration (and conditions if applicable) of ATB Accounting, Taxation & Business Services Hurstville and our individual registered tax agents with whom you engage.

Your engagement letter with ATB Accounting, Taxation & Business Services Hurstville set out our procedures for dealing with problems or complaints. The Tax Practitioners Board also has a complaints process in relation to tax agent services as outlined on their website which can be https://www.tpb.gov.au/complaints.

Tax agents have obligations to the Tax Practitioners Board, the ATO and to their clients.

As a taxpayer, it is important you:

• are aware of your obligations to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and to your tax agent.
• understand your tax practitioner has obligations to the ATO and the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and to their clients.

Please refer to these obligations on the https://www.tpb.gov.au/obligations  or the TPB’s fact sheet “Information for Clients“.

Section 45 of the Tax Agent Services (Code of Professional Conduct) requires ATB Accounting, Taxation & Business Services Hurstville to notify you if it becomes aware of certain events which have occurred in the past 5 years. ATB Accounting Taxation & Business Services Hurstville is not aware of any such events.

Both Tax agents and clients have an obligation not to make false or misleading statements to the Tax Practitioners Board or the Australian Taxation Office. If it becomes apparent a false or misleading statement has been made to either body, there is a requirement for this to be rectified in a timely manner. Please refer to these obligations on the Tax Practitioners Board website https://www.tpb.gov.au/code-obligations-when-making-or-preparing-statements.