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Expiry date
01/02/2025
Condition
Sanctions
<strong>Period of Effect:</strong> 08/02/2024 to <br/><strong>Reason:</strong> 30-20 Order[POPUP_FOR_DETAILS]<br/><strong>Code breach(es):</strong> <ul><li>30-10(1) - You must act honestly and with integrity</li><li>30-10(2) - You must comply with the taxation laws in the conduct of your personal affairs</li></ul><br/><strong>Explanation:</strong> On 5 February 2024, after completing an investigation into registered tax agent, Catherine McMurtrie, the Tax Practitioners Board (the Board) decided Ms McMurtrie breached subsections 30-10(1) and 30-10(2) of the Code of Professional Conduct (the Code) in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA).<br>The Board found Ms McMurtrie breached the Code by:<br>1. making false statements in her individual renewal application and the registration application of a company under her directorship, lodged with the Board; and<br>2. not complying with the taxation laws in the conduct of her personal affairs, in both her individual capacity and her capacity as sole director of two companies.<br>As a result of these breaches and taking into account mitigating circumstances, the Board decided to impose orders under section 30-20 of the TASA, requiring Ms McMurtrie to:<br>a) undertake and complete courses of education in ethics and the TASA, within six (6) months of the date of the order;<br>b) bring all outstanding tax lodgements and debts up to date, within six (6) months of the date of the order; and<br>c) continue to cause a company under her directorship to meet all conditions and requirements of a deed of company arrangement that it was subject to, until it has been fulfilled or is terminated, and to notify the Board in writing of such matters within two (2) months of this occurring.<br>