12 May 2025 | What is the risk of taking on a new client – Dealing with blunders in earlier years | By Paul Banister of Grant Thornton
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Online via Zoom
This meeting will be held as an online-only event at the CTDG’s Zoom Webinar platform. Members should not attend the office of CPA Australia for this event. Please note that the CPA office will undergo a renovation during the remainder of 2025.
TOPIC: What is the risk of taking on a new client – Dealing with blunders in earlier years
When you take on a new client you are taking on their past. Are your predecessor’s conclusions that underpin your proposed return reasonably arguable?
Paul will discuss the issues and respond to practitioner questions while maintaining a focus on identifying a pathway to safe ground for you and your client by identifying and considering issues including:
- When you take on a new client you are taking on their past
- Common errors in previously lodged returns
- Strategies to review and rectify previous returns to enable future compliance
- Building (or rebuilding) trust and credibility with your clients; and
- Outlining when it is necessary to communicate with the ATO and how to go about that communication in an efficient way to ensure transparency and cooperation.
SPEAKER: Paul Banister | Partner | Grant Thornton
Paul Banister is a Chartered Accountant, a Partner at Grant Thornton and is Queensland’s representative on The Tax Institute’s National Council.
He has over 35 years’ experience working with clients to help them navigate through complex and potentially risky tax and commercial issues. His expertise includes domestic and international tax planning, transaction advisory and support, expert witness reports, succession planning and estate planning. Paul has presented at many professional and business forums, both in Australia and internationally.
He is a contributing author to Thomson Reuter’s Financial Planning Handbook. Paul is also the recipient of The Tax Institute’s SME Tax Adviser of the Year Award for 2016.
Continuing Professional Development Point (CPD Point)
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