Ask The Taxgirl: Reporting A Tax Preparer
It’s Ask The Taxgirl! Today’s question focuses on what to do with (and how to report) when you encounter a bad tax preparer.
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Getting To Know You Tuesday: Manasa Nadig, EA
It’s Getting To Know You Tuesday! Today’s tax pro is Manasa Nadig.
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Taxes From A To Z (2018): E Is For Enrolled Agent
It’s Taxes From A To Z. E is for Enrolled Agent.
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Getting To Know You Tuesday: Desmond Hudson
It’s Getting To Know You Tuesday. Today’s tax professional is Desmond Hudson.
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A Reminder To Ditch The Disclaimer This Tax Season
It’s officially the busy season for tax professionals, which means that the volume of correspondence, including emails and letters, is about to increase. This go-round, however, those emails and letters should look a bit different from those sent out last year: they should be shorter. A lot shorter. The reason? Those email disclosures. The IRS…
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My Best Tax Advice Ever, Part III: Make Friends With A Tax Pro
So I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t prepare my own tax returns. Completely true. It is how I stay married. You see, I used to prepare my own returns for my business and for my household. And I did just fine for a bit. But then I had three…
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IRS Begins Competency Test Scheduling
The IRS is forging ahead as part of its master plan to increase oversight of tax preparers across the country. In addition to Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) registration, the IRS will require certain paid tax preparers to pass a competency test by December 31, 2013. It’s the certain in the phrase “certain tax preparers”…
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IRS Announces PTIN Renewals, Changes
It’s baaaaack! The IRS has announced that professional tax return preparers can now renew their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) for the 2012 filing season. PTINs must now be renewed annually as part of the IRS’ plan to raise revenue regulate professional tax preparers. Tax preparers who fall under the registration rules are those prepare,…
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A Little Help From My Friends: EA Exam Recs?
Back to school doesn’t just mean kiddos… A reader has written in that she’s sitting for the EA exam and is looking for some good resources. For those of you who don’t know, an enrolled agent (EA) may represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service, just as attorneys and certified public accountants (CPAs) do. There…
