As of Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has enjoined the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing the regulatory requirements for registered tax return preparers. In accordance with this order, tax return preparers covered by this program are not currently required to register with the IRS, to complete [...]

In light of the recent tax law changes and delays as a result of those tax law changes, the IRS has said it’s fine to stock pile your customer’s tax returns and submit them “early.” By early, that means you can prepare and submit them on January 22nd, and they will sit there until the [...]

There has been some confusion regarding the continuing education required for PTIN renewal. Below you will find three of the most common questions. What happens if I did not renew my PTIN by December 31, 2012? A: The preparer can pay the $63 renewal fee after December 31 for the PTIN. Q: What happens if [...]

The PTIN system will be partially unavailable on Sunday, December 30, from 1:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. EDT. During this time, the system will be unable to process new registrations, but will be open for renewals and test appointments. There will be a complete outage of the PTIN system from Monday, December 31, until mid-day [...]

IRS is reporting that 30% of your EITC clients could face a 75-day review process. This could be a result of the 38% increase in EITC fraud reported in 2010 by TIGTA. Taxpayers affected by this new screening process will receive the IRS Letter 4883C by mail, and they will be asked to respond by [...]

Ladies and Gents, don’t miss the webinar. We’ll be going over marketing programs, tools, and implementation. Preseason Tax Office Marketing Join us for a Webinar on December 7 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/522555208 This webinar will be covering marketing your tax business for this coming tax season.  We will discuss what [...]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has recently said she would try a “discharge petition” to bring to the floor of the House of Representatives a Senate-passed bill that would extend tax cuts for the middle class, those who earn less than 250 thousand. Requiring 218 signatures to bring it to the floor, the discharge petition [...]

IPO training site is still down from the weekend maintenance and the roll over to the 2012 version.  Have no fear, the website is scheduled to be up tomorrow morning and it will be the new 2012 version. In the mean time, if you’re dying to practice you can do training in live IPO for [...]

Federal Direct will be closed on November 22nd, 23rd, & 24th in observation of Thanksgiving. The office will reopen on November 26th at 9 am. Have a wonderful holiday! Things for which we are thankful: 1. You (..and you really look nice today!) 2. Corn (creamed or regular, we’re not picky, but creamed is way [...]

TIGTA found that more than 65,300 bank accounts had multiple direct deposits, accounting for more than 949,000 refunds for approximately $1.6 billion, some of which belong to IRS employees. What does this mean?  Essentially, this means that 65,300 preparers may be shifting money from his or her client’s refund to the preparer’s own bank account. [...]