Registered Tax Agent in Sydney
Australia Wide Tax Solutions is registered with the Tax Practitioners Board (78641007). That means we can prepare and lodge your returns, put you on our lodgement program for more time to lodge, and deal with the ATO for you. In Chippendale, Sydney, or online Australia-wide.
What a registered tax agent does
A registered tax agent is a tax practitioner registered with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). Under the law, only registered tax agents can charge you a fee to prepare or lodge a tax return, or to give you tax advice. An unregistered "tax preparer" can't legally charge for it. To register, an agent has to meet the TPB's education, experience and fit-and-proper requirements, hold professional indemnity insurance, keep up continuing professional education and follow the TPB's Code of Professional Conduct. If something goes wrong, you can complain to the TPB.
In practice, using us as your registered tax agent means we:
- prepare and lodge your tax return, BAS and other ATO forms
- download your ATO pre-filled data and check it against your own records
- work out which deductions and offsets apply to your job, investments or business
- put you on our lodgement program, which generally gives you a later due date
- talk to the ATO for you about letters, reviews, debts and payment plans, and lodge objections if we disagree with an assessment.
Why use a registered tax agent?
Check our registration (78641007) on the TPB public register. Our fee is generally tax-deductible in the year you pay it.
Registered and accountable
Registered tax agents must meet the Tax Practitioners Board's education, experience and professional standards.
More time to lodge
If you lodge yourself, your return is due by 31 October. If you're on our client list by 31 October, your due date is generally later: for 2025–26 returns, many clients have until 15 May 2027. If an earlier year's return was still outstanding at 30 June, the due date stays at 31 October, so it pays to catch up first.
Every deduction checked
We know what the ATO allows for your job, investments and business.
We deal with the ATO for you
Letters, reviews, payment plans and objections.
Who we help
Employees, sole traders, small businesses, property investors, executors, and people who are behind on their tax. See tax returns, small business accounting and late tax returns.
How to check a tax agent is registered
Search the TPB public register by the agent's name, business name or registration number. The register shows whether the registration is current, any conditions on it, and any sanctions. Our registration number is 78641007. If someone offers to do your tax for a fee and you can't find them on the register, don't use them. The ATO also tells you to use a registered agent if you pay someone to lodge for you.
What it costs
We agree a fixed fee with you before we start, so there are no surprises. Fees you pay a registered tax agent are generally tax-deductible in the income year you pay them. See us at our Chippendale office, or work with us by phone, video and email from anywhere in Australia.
Tax agent, accountant or BAS agent?
The terms get mixed up, but they mean different things. If you need your tax return done, check for "registered tax agent". For more detail, see what is a tax agent?
Accountant
Describes a qualification or a job, not a licence. An accountant who isn't a registered tax agent can't charge you to prepare your tax return.
Registered tax agent
Registered with the TPB to prepare and lodge tax returns, give tax advice and represent you with the ATO, for a fee. Many accountants are also registered tax agents, as we are.
Registered BAS agent
Registered with the TPB for a narrower range of services: BAS, GST, PAYG withholding and payroll reporting, but not income tax returns.
Appointing us, or switching from another agent
Switching agents is simple, and your old agent doesn't need to agree. You never need to give us your myGov or myID login. Agents use their own secure ATO access. If you want to remove a previous agent, you can do it through ATO online services in myGov. See how to add or remove your tax agent in myGov.
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Contact us
Contact us by booking a time or starting online. We confirm who you are and agree the fee.
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Our client list
We add you to our client list in the ATO's online services for agents. Businesses (companies, trusts, partnerships and sole traders with an ABN) first need to nominate us in ATO Online services for business, which the ATO calls client-to-agent linking. We'll walk you through it.
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We take it from there
We download your ATO data, see what's been lodged and what's outstanding, and tell you what we need from you.
How we help
We look after the full picture for individuals and businesses.
- Individual and business tax returns
- BAS and GST lodgements
- Tax planning and advice
- Late and prior year returns
- ATO liaison and audit support
How We Work
Getting your tax sorted with us is simple and stress-free.
Receive our tax checklist
We send a simple checklist so you know exactly what to bring — no guesswork.
We prepare your return
Our registered tax agents review everything and make certain you claim every deduction.
Review and lodge
We walk you through the result, answer your questions, then lodge with the ATO.
Free guides
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Tax Tips & Planning
What is a tax agent?
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How to choose a tax agent in Sydney
Check the TPB register, ask about fees upfront and get on an agent's client list by 31 October. 8 checks before you choose a tax agent in Sydney.
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How to add your tax agent in myGov
Add your tax agent to myGov: individuals and sole traders don't, your agent adds you. Companies, trusts and partnerships must nominate their agent online.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Australia Wide Tax Solutions is registered with the Tax Practitioners Board, registration number 78641007, and every return is prepared and lodged by a registered tax agent. You can check our registration, and any other agent's, on the TPB public register.
Absolutely. We support sole traders, companies and trusts alongside individual clients.
Yes — we assist clients Australia-wide over Zoom, phone and email, as well as in person.
Search the Tax Practitioners Board public register by name or registration number. Our registration number is 78641007.
Not always. Only registered tax agents can charge a fee to prepare and lodge tax returns or give tax advice. Many accountants are also registered tax agents, as we are.
Generally, yes. If you lodge yourself, your return is due by 31 October. If you're on a registered agent's client list by 31 October, you usually get a later due date: for 2025–26 returns, 15 May 2027 for many clients. If you had a return still outstanding at 30 June, your current-year due date stays at 31 October.
No, and you shouldn't give your myGov or myID details to anyone, including a tax agent. Registered agents use their own secure access to the ATO's online services for agents. Once you're on our client list we can see your pre-filled data, lodgement history and account balance without your login.
Yes, at any time, and your previous agent doesn't need to agree. Once you engage us, we add you to our client list (businesses first nominate us in Online services for business). If you want to remove your old agent's access, you can do it through ATO online services in myGov. We can also ask for copies of past returns from the ATO.
We can lodge your returns and BAS, answer ATO letters and review requests, check your account balance, arrange payment plans for tax debts, request remission of penalties where there's a good reason, and lodge objections if we think an assessment is wrong. If you're behind, we can lodge several years of overdue returns together. See late tax returns.