IRS Change in Preparer Information Entries

[Earl]

Designee

Called Taxslayer as soon as I became aware of this around the first week in February. They had it changed the following day.

[Burke]

The PIN is anything you want it to be. It can be different from one return to another if you wish. A common usage is to enter the last 5 digits of your PTIN, but anything will work - you just need to have a way to know what it is if you speak with the IRS about the return. Presumably you'd have the return in front of you when doing this, so you'd be able to see whatever PIN you used on that return.

My PIN was issued by the IRS years ago, and I use that same one on every return. In fact, ATX autoprints it on each return along with the phone number.