By subscribing to any plan, or making any purchase you agree that in the event you subsequently change your mind and request a refund you will agree to pay a $5 administrative charge. We reserve the right to waive this fee at our sole discretion.
In the event that we have made a filing or registration on your behalf to a government agency or other entity, and we cannot obtain a refund you agree to indemnify us for that charge and we may set it off against any fees you have already paid us.
We endeavour to use our best efforts to obtain and process your refunds and/or amend your registrations, but in some cases government filings and registrations are final and cannot be refunded.
By submitting the ABN Registration form, I declare that Thornton & Associates Pty Ltd (ABN 28 631 107 714) is authorised to submit an ABN application to the Australian Tax Office on my behalf and to do so as my registered tax agent, and if necessary, submit a Business Name application to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). I understand that Thornton & Associates Pty Ltd will utilise information supplied by me in this form to apply for an ABN, and if necessary, will remain my ASIC agent and notify me when my business name requires renewal. I confirm that I have received the consent of all individuals referred to in this application form, to the submission of their personal information contained in this form to Thornton & Associates Pty Ltd and to the ATO and ASIC as necessary to process this application. I verify that the information supplied is, to the best of my knowledge, accurate and complete. I also confirm:
If you instruct us to act on your behalf or on behalf of your business, including by but not limited to: purchasing a subscription plan that includes accounting services or BAS or Tax Return preparation, you give us (Thornton & Associates Pty Ltd) express permission and authority to submit and lodge any and all documents required to process your tax affairs to the Australian Tax Office (ATO), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or any other taxation or government authority required.
If you discontinue your payments under any plan we may discontinue to act for you and you will become solely responsible for the lodgement of any BAS or Tax Returns or any regulatory obligations for yourself or your business or any related party.
We may require additional verification of your instructions to us at our sole discretion. We may also require that you instruct us or verify your identiy using a Passkey that you establish and associate with your accountedfor client account. We may also require, on behalf of others, that you instruct us or them using your accountedfor Passkey, either to provide the instructions directly (in similar fashion to an electronic signature) or to verify your identity with instructing us via other means or forms of communiation.
You acknlowedge that failure to comply with our request to verify you or your instructions may result in delay processing your instructions, which may have detrimental effect upon you or your related parties. In these circumstances, you agree to indemnify and hold us and our related entities harmless from any claim or damage howsoever arising from delay or inability to verify your identity or your instructions to us.
The accountedfor Software Platform is provided by A4 Technology Pty Ltd (ABN 49 672 208 472).
A4 Technology Pty Ltd may provide you with financial services during your usage of the accountefor Software Platform, or in order to provide accounting services to you.
If A4 Technology Pty Ltd does so, it provides you with a financial service under an exemption to Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 911A contained within Corporations (FinTech Sandbox Australian Financial Services Licence Exemption) Regulations 2020.
Under that law, A4 Technology Pty Ltd is required to, and maintains, adequate professional indemnity insurance and is a member of Australian Financial Complains Authority (AFCA), an external dispute resolution body that can handle disputes that may arise during and after you receive financial services. However, A4 Technology Pty Ltd is not an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee or an authorised representative of an AFS licensee which means that some of the normal protections associated with receiving financial services will not apply.
While A4 Technology Pty Ltd provides you financial services, it will also provide to you written notice about a range of things important to you about its financial services, including but not limited to the following:
In addition to the above, A4 Technology Pty Ltd is delighted to have the opportunity to serve you, and seeks to provide a new and innovative experience of payments, taxation and compliance that endures and grows with your business.