A Registered Tax Agent must be  a fit and proper person and has certain prescribed academic qualifications and work experience.

The term ‘fit and proper person’ means a person who is of good fame, integrity and character without any serious criminal convictions.

Qualifications required are to hold an accounting degree or postgraduate award from an Australian tertiary institution, has completed a an advanced taxation law course and  a commercial law course.

Basically a person you can trust with your taxation matters who knows what they are doing.