Plaskitt v Tax Practitioners Board – deregistration and 5-year ban upheld for misappropriation of client funds and failing to meet agent’s own tax obligations

On 18.2.22, the AAT upheld a TPB decision to terminate a tax agent’s registration and impose a 5-year ban on him re-applying for registration. The facts were theres. Mr P, in partnership with his wife, provided bookkeeping, accounting and taxation services. Following an investigation, the TPB terminated Mr P’s registration on the basis that he…