Representations & Examinations
The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility has no authority or jurisdiction over a disbarred attorney/tax preparer or his tax preparation practice and cannot regulate his provision of tax advice a federal district court in Nevada has held.
The IRS announced that it will soon post online the registration information of practitioners who have preparer tax identification numbers, and the information will be available without charge to the public.
This item discusses the two penalty areas that apply to preparers.
Recent legislation added requirements which previously applied only to the earned income tax credit.
Recent legislation added these requirements, which previously applied only to the earned income tax credit.
A class action lawsuit currently pending in a federal district court includes in its class of plaintiffs all tax return preparers who obtained or renewed a PTIN after Sept. 30, 2010.
A pattern of fraudulent conduct in a tax accountant’s preparation of his clients’ returns was not sufficient to prove that underpayments on his own returns were due to fraud.
Many practitioners find that the IRS does not process their Form 2848 filings and returns them because the form was prepared or filed incorrectly.
The IRS issued temporary regulations lowering the user fee for preparer tax identification numbers.
The IRS issued regulations lowering the fee for PTINs, effective for the coming filing season, from $50 to $33, effective Nov. 1, 2015.
The proposed grant of authority to the IRS to regulate all aspects of tax practice is overly broad, the AICPA said in a letter to the Senate Finance Committee.
The Treasury Department issued a final rule that exempts it from having to reveal to holders of preparer tax identification numbers the names of agencies or individuals that have asked for their files.
The Treasury Department issued a final rule on Monday that exempts it from having to reveal to PTIN holders the names of agencies or individuals that have asked for their files.
A federal district court found Section 10.27(b) of Circular 230 invalid as it pertains to refund claims and permanently enjoined the IRS from enforcing the regulation with respect to fees for preparing refund claims.
CPAs filed suit in federal court for the District of Columbia, asking the court to stop the IRS from charging fees for issuing PTINs, to obtain refunds of fees paid in the past, and to enjoin the IRS from asking for more information than needed to issue PTINs.
The AICPA filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on July 15, asking the court to halt the IRS's recently introduced Annual Filing Season Program. The AICPA's three-count complaint asks the court to declare the rule implementing the program unlawful and stop its operation.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a motion of summary judgment and issued an injunction to prevent the IRS from regulating contingent fee arrangements for the preparation and filing of ordinary refund claims under Circular 230.
Two CPAs have filed suit in the federal district court, asking the court to stop the IRS from charging fees for issuing PTINs, to obtain refunds of fees paid in the past, and to enjoin the IRS from asking for more information than needed to issue PTINs.
Following the defeat in federal court of its mandatory tax return preparer regulation program, the IRS in late June introduced a voluntary program of tax return preparer certification.
The IRS has decided that, as a result of the recent decision preventing it from regulating unenrolled tax return preparers, disbarment or suspension from practice before the IRS cannot include a ban on tax return preparation or blocking an individual's PTIN.
