The National Society of Accountants has begun offering a new self-study course to prepare for the exam that the Internal Revenue Service will require all registered tax return preparers to pass. The ...

Choosing a tax preparer can be as complicated as doing the return yourself. There are myriad options, and they are not created equal. That's because there is no federal law regulating paid tax ...

Minimum standards for education and ethics would improve accuracy and transparency while protecting taxpayers. Filing taxes can be complicated. As a result, many people get help from tax preparers.

Internal Revenue Service regulation of return preparers, sidelined since its prohibition by the Loving decision, is back for another try. The IRS, responding to years’ of urging by tax preparer groups ...

There are no shortage of tax preparers in this country. Most are very good. Some are very, very bad. As a student of the law with twenty years of preparation experience, I've developed a ...