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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 paid tax return preparers to register with the IRS to obtain a Preparer […]

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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 Internal Revenue Service this year, include registering with the IRS, passing a competency […]

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Virginia Community College System to Provide Tax Preparer Training through The Income Tax School of Richmond, VA

Required IRS Tests and Annual Continuing Education Will Increase Demand for Tax Courses & Seminars On January 4, 2010 the IRS announced its decision to regulate tax preparers and require competency tests, plus annual Continuing Professional Education (CPE). According to the IRS, higher standards will boost service and protections for taxpayers, increase confidence in the system […]

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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 and early July were uneventful.  Then the flood gates opened in Orlando and […]

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