IRS efforts to increase accurate return preparation

[geekgirldany]

To Beat A Dead Horse

Here is what I got from NATP about the letters:
During this filing season, IRS revenue agents will also visit some of the preparers who receive these letters as part of an education and outreach effort to discuss their obligations and responsibilities to file accurate tax returns. This is not a compliance audit and the IRS has indicated that it will not assess return preparer penalties during this visit. The IRS revenue agent will visit the tax return preparer’s place of business or a mutually agreed upon location. According to the information available on the IRS website, the visit is expected to last approximately three hours. In addition, the IRS will more widely use investigative tools during this filing season aimed at determining tax return preparer non-compliance. One of those tools will include visits to return preparers by IRS agents posing as taxpayers.

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Oh boy 3 hours!

[S T]

Well

Well they couldn't have picked a "worse time" to decide to implement this, right at the beginning of the filing season.

I don't suppose that the "govt" will pay your hourly rate for the 3 hours of time

I wonder, how much of this program came from the "Acorn" fallout and possibly other Tax Preparers being investigated for EITC, etc.

Fortunately for me I "DO NOT" take walk-ins, or appts without a referral.

Sandy

[geekgirldany]

Yeah that is what I wondered. 3 hours is a good amount of time during the tax season.

Hopefully I'll get to that position Sandy. Right now I take new clients... but I don't prepare returns while people wait. I think this helps with any additional research or due diligence that may need to be performed.