Following an investigation, we terminated the tax agent registration of an individual on the basis that an event affecting their registration as outlined in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 had occurred in the previous 5 years. 

There are certain events that may affect your continued registration as a registered tax practitioner, including when you are sentenced to a term of imprisonment. In this case, it was found that the tax agent had been convicted of an offence resulting in a sentence of imprisonment and they had failed to report this to us within 30 days of the event, as required under the law. 

Due to the seriousness of the breach and the agent’s serious failure in judgement by not reporting their criminal conviction, our Board Conduct Committee also imposed a 6-month ban on being able to re-apply for registration. This outcome serves as a reminder to other registered tax practitioners against failing to report events that may affect their registration.