AFSP Archives - Federal Direct Tax https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tag/afsp/ Helping Individuals & Businesses Enter The Tax Preparation Industry Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:52:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Benefits of Doing The AFSP Tax Preparer Program https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/benefits-of-doing-the-afsp-tax-preparer-program/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:53:13 +0000 https://www.federaldirecttax.com/?p=4853 What is the AFSP? It is the Annual Filing Season Program. It is a voluntary program for tax preparers that encourages tax preparers to take continuing education.  For a person to get a certificate of completion from the IRS for having completed this program, they must complete the Annual Filing Tax Refresher (AFTR) and receive […]

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]]> Bill to Regulate Preparers Proposed- RTRP May Come Back https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/bill-to-regulate-preparers-proposed-rtrp-may-come-back/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:32:10 +0000 https://www.federaldirecttax.com/?p=3400 After the IRS created the Registered Tax Return Preparer program based on licensing of tax preparers they were sued.  In court, and in appeal, they were not found to have statutory authority to regulate unenrolled preparers.  Senator Rob Portman has introduced a new bill that would grant the IRS the authority that they need to […]

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]]> Annual Filing Season Program CE Certification https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/annual-filing-season-program-ce-certification/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:46:27 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/?p=2365 How Do I Obtain the AFSP – Record of Completion? • Take eighteen (18) credit hours of Continuing Education, comprised of: – Six (6) hours of Annual Federal Tax Refresher (AFTR) course that covers filing for the tax year and includes a knowledge-based, open book comprehension test administered at the end of the course through […]

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