The federal government should provide additional funding in next month’s budget to crack down on the increasing number of unregistered agents providing business activity statements (BAS) to small ...

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has expanded the scope of services Business Activity Statement (BAS) agents can provide beyond existing BAS services, as defined in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 25-- The Institute of Public Accountants (formerly the National Institute of Accountants) issued the following news release: BAS services must be provided by practitioners ...

The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has cleared the way for BAS agents to give advice around the Government’s COVID-19 legislation. The TPB said it had registered a legislative instrument (along with an ...

The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has moved to extend its membership footprint by creating a designation for Business Activity Statement (BAS) agents. The IPA announced the move late last week ...

A sleeper in proposed legislation could mean potentially greater penalties for tax and business activity statement (BAS) agents who fail to do due diligence when completing clients' tax statements.

Members of the small business community have welcomed a decision by Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to expand the range of services that Business Activity Statement (BAS) agents can provide.