The Tax Practitioners Board has received over 1100 whistleblower complaints since the start of the new whistleblower arrangements in July.
• 13 June 2025 • 8 minute read
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Since 1 July 2024 Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) has been able to receive disclosures of information from eligible whistleblowers, in a move to protect their identity, better regulate the tax profession, and protect the public and the integrity of the tax system.
The whistleblower arrangements were introduced last year on 1 July to individuals who ‘blew the whistle’ about related entities to the TPB to assist it in performing its functions and duties under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.
Previously there had been no protection for individuals if they disclosed information to the TPB.
Speaking on an upcoming Under the Hood podcast episode, Peter de Cure, chair of the TPB, said since the enforcement of the reforms, the TPB had received a total of 1,111 complaints, of which 601 qualified for disclosure and 106 had an eligible relationship.
“For the first time, the TPB is now an eligible whistleblower recipient. So, we have a system with the ATO where the complaints can be made direct to us, direct to the ATO or to the government at large. Now we have a process with the ATO where we triage those complaints and divide them between ourselves,” he said.
“The right ones that are about the ATO go to them, the ones that are relevant for us come to us. Over the period, we've received a total of 1100...
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