Atax, the prestigious Australian School of Taxation at the University of New South Wales, is currently involved, in unison with AAPB, the Australian Association of Professional Bookkeepers, in an exciting project to improve the quality of education and professionalism of bookkeepers in Australia.

The project is the culmination of a lengthy process of research into the educational needs of the bookkeeping industry, with a special emphasis on ability to perform tax reporting obligations as part of the Business Activity Statement process and relationships between the bookkeeping and accounting professions.

Resulting from that research, Atax is currently developing the content of an educational qualification that is designed to both meet the requirements of the proposed new Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping), submitted by IBSA to the government and currently awaiting approval, and act as the entry level qualification for membership of the AAPB

See Issue 5 of the annual Atax magazine, "Atax Matters," featuring AAPB (Page 14) here

See all isses of Atax Matters at http://www.atax.unsw.edu.au/news/taxmattersmag.htm