Complaints to the Taxation Disciplinary Board

Andrew Goodall

The Taxation Disciplinary Board received 33 complaints in 2010. The 52 separate grounds for complaint were categorised as follows:

Failure to report disciplinary action taken by another professional body	8
Failing to respond to correspondence in a timely manner	6
Incompetence, inadequate professional service (5 each)	10
Deception	4
Fraud or fraudulent trading, discreditable conduct, lack of integrity (3 each)	9
Maladministration, failure to submit CPD record, dishonesty, criminal conviction (2 each)	8
False accounting, professional misconduct, poaching clients, practising without PII, failing in duty of care, failure to register for AML, publishing defamatory material (1 each)	7

Issue: 1081
Categories: News , Tax policy & administration

The Taxation Disciplinary Board received 33 complaints in 2010. The 52 separate grounds for complaint were categorised as follows:

Failure to report disciplinary action taken by another professional body	8
Failing to respond to correspondence in a timely manner	6
Incompetence, inadequate professional service (5 each)	10
Deception	4
Fraud or fraudulent trading, discreditable conduct, lack of integrity (3 each)	9
Maladministration, failure to submit CPD record, dishonesty, criminal conviction (2 each)	8
False accounting, professional misconduct, poaching clients, practising without PII, failing in duty of care, failure to register for AML, publishing defamatory material (1 each)	7