30/06/2008
BSPs are not registered under current legislation
The ATO has recently been alerted to instances where bookkeepers are incorrectly implying they are a 'registered' BAS service provider (BSP) with the Tax Office.
As Assistant Commissioner Rob Walsh observed, under the current legislation, providers of BAS services are not registered by the Tax Agent Boards, the Tax Office or any other agency.
'Being eligible to access our BSP support products, for example the BSP Portal and ECI for BAS lodgment, does not confer any form of registration status for approved users' Rob said.
'While there is no BSP registration under current laws, it is noted that the proposed regulatory regime recently announced by the Assistant Treasurer does include registration as a BAS Agent in the future.'
