The TPB Register contains the names of all tax agents and BAS agents (collectively referred to as tax practitioners) that are currently registered with us, including those whose registration has been suspended. The TPB Register also includes the names and details of certain unregistered individuals and entities.

Search options

There are 2 search options available to find a tax practitioner. You can:

  • check if a tax practitioner is registered with us
  • find a tax practitoner near you or search by suburb.

Find a tax practitioner on our Register

To check if a tax practitioner is registered with us, simply enter their name or their registration number (if known) and click on the Find button. 

You can narrow down the results by completing additional fields, if known.

Tax practitioner results are displayed in a table below the search fields. 

To view more registration details of any tax practitioner shown in the results, click on the information icon.

Find a tax practitioner near you

 This option uses a geo-location search to help find a tax practitioner near you.

  • Enter your address in the search bar and select the correct option from the generated list. You can then search for a tax practitioner located up to a 75 km distance from you. If this generates a large number of results, select practitioner type or distance to narrow your search results. 
  • To search by suburb, enter a suburb of your choice and select find. This search will help you to find a tax practitioner in the suburb you have entered, if there is someone registered. 
  • Search results, showing some details of tax practitioners, are displayed in a table below the search fields. Select the information icon to view the full registration details of the selected tax practitioner.
  • To view the google map of the selected tax practitioners scroll down below the search results. You can select a pin to see more information, such as the trading name, registration number, practitioner type, distance from the address entered, registration status and full address. You can also choose to view the search results in map or satellite view.

Tax practitioner details appearing on our Register

The following information is displayed on the TPB Register for each tax practitioner and certain unregistered entites and individuals:

  • current legal name 
  • historical details, including any other name or registration number from the previous 5 years, in some cases where the individual or entity:
    • had an application for registration or renewal rejected on integrity grounds
    • was subject to:
      • an order, suspension or termination decision
      • certain Federal Court orders or injunctions
      • sanctions imposed by the TPB
  • business or trading name
  • registration type
    • whether they are registered as a tax agent or BAS agent
    • if it is an individual, partnership or company registration
  • TPB registration number
  • business address
  • registration status – such as whether they are registered, unregistered, suspended or terminated
  • registration date – the date the tax practitioner was first registered (as this practitioner type)
  • registration expiry date
  • any conditions of registration
  • renewal applications (and certain new registration applications) that were rejected on integrity grounds, including date it was rejected and reason for rejection
  • any order, suspension or termination decisions that applied from 1 July 2022, for the longer of 5 years or the period it is in force, along with:
    • any relevant sanctions and the reasons they were imposed
    • any period prohibiting reapplying for registration 
    • the date of effect, and for a suspension, the date its lifted
    • the summary of any order given
  • information about related conduct and breaches by another individual or entity (e.g. a breach by an individual employee/partner and a company/partnership relating to the same conduct) 
  • findings of any investigation, for registered tax practitioners or unregistered preparers where: 
    • no other sanction is deemed appropriate or applicable (e.g. the entity is not or no longer registered)
    • the conduct needs to be in the public domain
    • to support the disqualified entity regime; or
    • the conduct does not warrant application to a Federal Court for an injunction or penalties
  • Administrative Appeals Tribunal / Administrative Review Tribunal* review applications and decisions
  • Federal Court applications, appeals and findings or decisions
  • names and registration numbers of individuals undertaking supervisory arrangements in respect of a company or partnership registration
  • any recognised professional association affiliations (if this information has been provided by the tax practitioner).

*Note: The Administrative Review Tribunal replaced the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on 14 October 2024.

Address change or suppression

The Tax Agent Services Regulations 2022 (TASR) set out what information needs to be recorded on the TPB Register, and this includes contact details.

If tax practitioners have concerns about address information being included on the Register, they can contact us to request their address appearing on the TPB Register to be:

  • changed to a PO Box, providing the special circumstances to support this change
  • suppressed for safety reasons (for example, where there is a Court Order in place).

Tax Practitioners will need to provide evidence to support their request in writing for this information to be suppressed.

Requesting removal of historical information

In some circumstances, the TASR requires us to publish historical information on the Register, including historical legal names and historical registration numbers.

If the historical information relates to you as an individual, you can contact us to make a request to the Board in writing for this information to be removed from the Register.

In your request you will need to explain why including this information on the Register poses a risk to the safety of you or your family. In considering your request, we must be satisfied that due to the safety risk it would not be appropriate to publish the information.

Conditions of registration

We may place one or more conditions on a tax practitioner's registration. A condition limits the subject area in respect of which the tax practitioner may provide tax agent services, which includes BAS services and tax (financial) advice services.

For a list of conditions we have imposed, refer to Conditions of registration.

Sanctions

Sanctions, other than a written caution, we impose on a tax practitioner will be kept on the TPB Register for the longer of:

  • 5 years starting on the day on which the sanction takes effect, and
  • the period during which the sanction is in force.

The reasons for the sanction will also be included.

For more information about the types of sanction we may impose, refer to Sanctions.

Termination

Tax practitioners that have had their registration terminated will be kept on the TPB Register for 5 years.

For these deregistered tax practitioners, the TPB Register will include the following additional details:

  • the date the termination takes effect
  • any non-application period imposed 
  • the reason/s for the termination, with a link to further details about the reason/s, if applicable.

Professional associations

The professional association information that appears on the TPB Register has been provided by the registered tax practitioner. You are encouraged to make your own independent enquiries to verify this information (for example, you may wish to contact the listed association(s)).

Professional associations may be accredited by us as a recognised tax agent or BAS agent association if they meet certain requirements in the TASR.

For the list of associations that we have accredited refer to Recognised professional associations.

Last modified: 16 December 2024