Tax Agent Services Act 2009
The Board may, by notice in writing, suspend your registration for a period determined by the Board.
Note:
The Board must cause notice of its decision to be published by notifiable instrument: see section 60-140 .
[ CCH Note: S 30-25(1) will be amended by No 86 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 1 items 4 and 5, by substituting " Note 1 " for " Note " in the note and inserting note 2, applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 1 October 2026. Note 2 will read:
]Note 2:
The Board may also suspend your registration under Subdivision 40-A or under Subdivision 40-D (which is about interim suspensions).
30-25(2)
You must not provide * tax agent services during the period of suspension.
Note:
If you provide tax agent services while suspended, you may contravene a civil penalty provision: see subsection (4) and Subdivision 50-A .
[ CCH Note: S 30-25(2) will be amended by No 86 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 1 item 6, by inserting " under subsection (1) " after " suspension " , applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 1 October 2026.]
30-25(3)
If, when the Board suspends your registration under subsection (1) , your registration is already suspended, suspension is for a further period that the Board determines is appropriate. The further period commences at the end of the period of suspension.
30-25(4)
While you are suspended, you are taken not to be a * registered tax agent or BAS agent, except for the purposes of:
(a) (Repealed by No 101 of 2023) (aa) Part 2 (Registration); and (ab) Subdivision 30-C (Notifying a change of circumstances); and (ac) Part 4 (Termination of registration); and (ad) section 60-25 (Appointment of Tax Practitioner Board members); and (b) this Division.
[ CCH Note: S 30-25(4) will be amended by No 86 of 2026, s 3 and Sch 1 items 7 and 8, by inserting " under subsection (1) " after " suspended " and substituting " Suspension and termination " for " Termination " in para (ac), applicable in relation to conduct engaged in on or after 1 October 2026.]
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