Judge Won’t Stay Decision as IRS Prepare Appeal
A federal judge who blocked the regulation of nonattorney,
uncertified preparers of tax returns refused to stay his injunction
pending appeal.
The Internal Revenue Service has long
regulated lawyers, certified public accountants and other tax
professional, but private, non-attorney tax preparers remained
outside its statutory reach.
This changed in 2011 when the IRS
adopted new rules requiring such tax preparers to pass a qualifying
exam, pay an annual application fee and take 15 hours of
continuing-education courses each year.
The regulations defined a tax-return
preparer as a person who "prepares for compensation or who
employees one or more persons to prepare for compensation, all or a
substantial portion of any return of tax or any claim for refund of
tax under the Internal Revenue Code."
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