Accountant Referral Program

Your client stays your client. We help deal with the ATO problem.

An external resource for difficult ATO reviews, audits, objections, penalties and interest, payment arrangements and disputes, without giving up the ongoing client relationship.

  • Client protection agreement
  • Triage before work begins
  • Fixed quote for the agreed scope
Register Expression of Interest
Difficult ATO matters? We've got your back. Specialist ATO dispute support for accountants and their clients: you keep the client, triage and fixed quote, and a potential success fee only where disclosed and agreed in advance.
How we work with your firm

Three reasons to refer difficult ATO matters to us

1

Difficult ATO matters can be referred to us

ATO reviews, audits, objections, penalties and interest, payment arrangements, financial hardship, responses to ATO correspondence and other complex ATO disputes.

Your team stays focused on its normal accounting, tax and advisory work.

2

Each matter is triaged before work begins

We assess what the ATO is asking, the issues in dispute, the tax involved, the evidence, deadlines and likely scope of work.

We then provide a fixed quote for the agreed scope before substantive work proceeds.

3

The accountant keeps the client

ATO Fight Back only handles the referred ATO matter.

Your firm continues the client's normal tax, accounting and advisory work.

Client Protection / Non-Solicitation Agreement

We put the referral boundary in writing

For firms that refer matters to us, we can enter into a written agreement confirming that:

  • your firm retains the ongoing client relationship;
  • our work is restricted to the agreed ATO matter;
  • we will not solicit the client for their ongoing accounting or tax work;
  • we can keep your firm informed throughout the matter; and
  • once our engagement is completed, the client continues their normal accounting relationship with your firm.

No obligation to refer now

Registering simply lets us know your firm would like the referral pathway available when a difficult ATO matter arises.

Once you register, we will send details of our referral process, triage system, pricing approach and client-protection agreement.

Register Expression of Interest
Your client stays your client. We help deal with the ATO problem: specialist ATO dispute support, triage and fixed quote before proceeding, and a clear client protection agreement.
How pricing works

Triage first. Quote second. Work third.

Each referred matter is triaged to understand the ATO issue, the amount involved, the available evidence, deadlines and the work likely to be required.

We then provide the client with a fixed quote for the agreed scope before substantive work begins, so the accountant and the client both know the proposed work and cost up front.

For appropriate matters there may also be a further success-based fee, but only where it is applicable, professionally permitted, fully disclosed and agreed in writing beforehand.

A success-based component is never automatic. The engagement terms for each matter govern the actual fee arrangement.

Expression of Interest

Connect your accounting firm with us

We are inviting Australian accountants and tax agents to register an Expression of Interest in using ATO Fight Back as an external resource when difficult ATO matters arise.

There is no obligation to refer a client immediately.

Your firm keeps the client. We help deal with the ATO problem.

Tell us about your firm or the ATO matters you commonly see. Please do not include TFNs or sensitive client information.