Tax Preparation Checklist for New Tax Preparation Offices

EFIN- Electronic Filing Identification Number Is your EFIN approved? If not, where are you in the process? Have you started your registration for your tax business?   PTIN- Preparer Tax Identification Number Is your PTIN renewed for the upcoming season? Are PTINs renewed for all the tax preparers in your tax business? Are you AFSP? […]

Get your PTIN early this year

The IRS is moving forward with implementing their testing requirement for tax preparers and they have stated that this will be in place for this coming 2011 tax season, starting January 2012.  One way to postpone having to take the preparer competency examination is to have your PTIN issued prior to the IRS implementing the […]

Race to St. Patricks Day Tax Filing Contest!

Be sure to participate in the mid season Race to St. Patrick’s Day filing contest.  Cash prizes are awarded to the first and second place offices for return volume relating to both bank products and e-file only returns! For more details see our full promo sheet: Race to St. Patrick’s Day Tax Filing Contest.

Kansas IRS Service Center Closed due to weather!

The Kansas State offices have been closed since Monday afternoon because of the weather. Our last efile batch retrieval from IRS was Monday morning. We should be back to work Thursday and resume the legacy e-file processing.

H&R Block Free File…Not So Free!

H&R Block’s “Free Ez” advertising campaign has got a lot of taxpayers and tax preparers wondering, what is the Catch?  Bloomberg has summed up what the marketing gimmick is all about in an article.  Not many customers can actually file on form 1040EZ and they are also charging for the state returns that must also […]

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