In 2013, attorney Dan Alban of the Institute for Justice argued that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could not license tax preparers for one simple
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Former VP Of Instant Tax Service Pleads Guilty To Tax Charges
Earlier this year, a federal grand jury handed down a 23 count indictment (downloads as a pdf) against Fesum Ogbazion and Kyle Wade for conspiracy
Read MoreLooking For A Tax Preparer? IRS Launches Online Directory
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the launch of its new online directory of tax professionals. The directory, which was hyped prior to tax season,
Read MoreHow Not To Choose A Tax Preparer: 10 Red Flags To Avoid
Get Free Beats Headphones. That’s just one of the tactics that tax preparers are rolling out this season in an effort to woo your business.
Read MoreIRS Hit With Class Action Suit Over Tax Preparer User Fees
700,000. That’s the number of potential plaintiffs in a class action suit filed today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Read MoreAICPA Files Lawsuit Against IRS To Stop New Tax Preparer Program
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… Except, this time, there’s a twist. Just a few weeks after Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen
Read MoreIRS Announces New Tax Preparer Program To Mixed Reactions
There will be a tax preparer certification program after all. That was the word from Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen. If you’re scratching your
Read MoreIRS Loses Big In Court (Again), Tax Season Chugs Along
On January 18, 2013, a federal court stopped IRS “dead in its tracks” from enforcing its new regulatory scheme for registered tax-return preparers. In response,
Read MoreIRS Stopped ‘Dead In Its Tracks’ In Efforts To Regulate Tax Preparers
It turns out that the IRS can’t do everything it wants after all. Last year, three independent tax preparers, Sabina Loving of Chicago, Illinois, John
Read MoreIRS Targets Bogus Tax Refunds & Unscrupulous Tax Preparers
Claiming bogus tax refunds can be easy. After all, nobody’s looking, right? Wrong. The IRS is cracking down on tax evasion by targeting unscrupulous tax
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