Taxpayers Overwhelm IRS Website
The tax agency was unprepared for actual use of the thing
At least for now, tax preparers don't need IRS permission
Published rules for implementing penalties for not buying insurance on Wednesday
Because the IRS doesn't yet know the rules of the game
May have misled officials over tax-exempt status
Served two and a half years in prison as well
Dumb disclosure laws, xenophobic banking regs, and worse
The IRS has taken upon itself a task no one asked it to do: regulate small, independent tax preparers.
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