Tax Agent
Work as a qualified professional, preparing and lodging tax returns for clients.
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- What's it like to be a Tax Agent?
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- Top skills and experience for Tax Agents
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What's it like to be a Tax Agent?
As a registered Tax Agent, you will prepare and lodge your clients’ tax returns. Registered Tax Agents are the only people allowed to charge a fee to prepare and lodge clients’ tax returns.
Tasks and duties
- Viewing and updating your clients' taxation details.
- Preparing, lodging and printing activity statements for your clients.
- Reviewing client account information.
- Communicating with the Australian Tax Office on behalf of your clients.
- Requesting refunds and credit transfers on behalf of your clients.
- Viewing payment options and making payment plans for your clients.
How to become a Tax Agent
To become a registered Tax Agent, you must satisfy certain qualifications and experience requirements, which are set out in the Tax Agent Services Regulations 2009 (TASR). There are many pathways to becoming a qualified Tax Agent, with the most common involving a combination of education in accountancy and law, and work experience.
- Complete qualification from an Australian tertiary institution that is approved by the Board in accountancy.
- Complete a Board approved course in Australian taxation law. Your Australian taxation law course should include a component in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA), including the Code of Professional Conduct (Code).
- Complete a Board approved course in commercial law.
- Complete the equivalent of 12 months of full-time, relevant experience in the past five years.
- Once you have completed the education and experience requirements you must then register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB).
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Latest Tax Agent reviews
Feb 2025
Combination of Tax Law and working with numbers
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Accounting
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationAccounting
The good thingsDealing with clients who operate in a variety of sectors with different requirements for accounting, system and tax advice
The challengesDealing with clients who do not see the value of good compliance and the importance of up to date records for a successful business
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May 2021
Tax skills drive future business decisions
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationDigital solutions in financial services
The good thingsBlockchain technology changing the workplace to innovate the future
The challengesTo demonstrate the future benefits of changing technology
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