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Free Broadcast from IRS Live – Requirements for Federal Tax Return Preparers
Presented by the Return Preparer Office Date: March 30, 2011 (archived* for later viewing) Time: 2 p.m. Eastern This FREE broadcast is for: All Paid Tax Return Preparers Since Jan. 1, 2011, a new registration requirement has been in place for federal…
IRS Kicks Off 2011 Tax Season with Deadline Extension
The following is a news release from the IRS. WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2011 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 18 to file their tax returns. The IRS reminded taxpayers impacted by recent…
IRS Reminds Paid Tax Preparers to Register Now for PTINs
The following is a press release from IRS.gov: WASHINGTON — As year end approaches, the Internal Revenue Service today strongly encouraged paid tax return preparers to register now for their new or renewed Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) to avoid any last-minute…
IRS Continues Efforts to Ensure Accurate Return Preparation
The following is a press release from the IRS: WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has started sending out more than 10,000 letters to tax return preparers nationwide to remind them of their obligation to prepare accurate tax returns on behalf of…
IRS Announces New Member for the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee
The following is a press release from the IRS: WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the selection of seven new members and a chairman for the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC). ETAAC provides an organized forum for discussion of…
IRS Waives Tax Preparer Continuing Education Requirement in 2011
The following is from www.nstp.org (National Society of Tax Professionals) IRS Commissioner Douglas Schulman and IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Director Karen Hawkins have publicly announced that the IRS will delay implementing the new continuing education requirement for tax preparers until…
A Special Alert from NATP Issued Today
NATP (National Association for Tax Professionals) learned today that the IRS is planning compliance visits with specific tax return preparers for the purpose of enforcing proper technique in due diligence and accurate return preparation. Beginning next month, the IRS will send out…
New Online Registration System for Paid Tax Return Preparers is Now Available
The following is a news release from the IRS Media Relations Office IR-2010-99, Sept. 28, 2010 WASHINGTON — As part of an initiative to ensure that tax return preparers are competent and qualified, the Internal Revenue Service today issued final regulations requiring…
Classes at The Income Tax School featured for new tax preparer rules
The following is an article by John Reid Blackwell from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sept. 21, 2010. View the original here. Starting next year, professional tax-return preparers will have to meet new requirements to prepare federal income-tax returns. The requirements, announced by the…
IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Report
I just returned from the last of the six IRS Nationwide Tax Forums in San Diego, which had about 2,000 attendees. The previous Forum in Las Vegas had over 6,000 attendees. The first two Forums in Atlanta and Chicago in late June…
IRS Announces New Return Preparer Application System and User Fee
IRS Also Releases Proposed Regulations to Amend Circular 230 Rules IR-2010-91, Aug. 19, 2010 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that a new online application system for compensated tax return preparers is expected to go live in mid-September. The IRS…