How to check that your tax agent is registered with the TPB

Search the Tax Practitioners Board’s public register — linked from [tpb.gov.au/public-register](https://www.tpb.gov.au/public-register) — using the practitioner’s legal or registration name, their ASIC Registered Business name, or their TPB registration number. A register entry shows whether they are registered as a tax agent or a BAS agent, their registration status and expiry date, and any conditions or sanctions on the public record. Generally, only registered tax and BAS agents can charge or receive a fee or other reward for tax agent, BAS or tax (financial) advice services.

Key points:
- The [TPB Register](/technical-resources/glossary#tpb-register) is the public record of registered tax and BAS agents. It also lists certain unregistered entities and individuals, and Code of Professional Conduct breaches and sanctions that are on the public record.
- Search by legal/registration name, ASIC Registered Business name or TPB registration number, then open the full entry — a name appearing in a result list is not the same as checking status, expiry, conditions and sanctions.
- Generally, only registered tax and BAS agents can charge or receive a fee or other reward for tax agent, BAS or tax (financial) advice services — so a search before you hand over documents is a basic consumer check.
- Registration is a substantive regulatory status: registered practitioners must comply with the legislated Code of Professional Conduct and maintain professional indemnity insurance that meets TPB requirements. It is **not** a rating of fees, service quality or suitability for your circumstances.
- Using an unregistered preparer shifts risk onto you — the ATO may impose administrative penalties on the taxpayer for late lodgement or false or misleading statements, the ATO’s safe harbour concession is only available to clients of registered agents, and there may be no professional indemnity insurance behind the work.
- Never share your myGov password. A registered tax practitioner does not need access to your myGov account to act for you, and myTax is not an approved lodgement channel for registered practitioners.
- Since 1 July 2025 the duty to keep clients informed applies to every registered practitioner: they must tell you in writing that the TPB Register exists and how to search it, how to complain to the TPB, and whether their registration carries conditions. This is enacted law, not a proposal.