IRS RPO relaxes CPE requirement for 2012

[BP.]

IRS updated the RTRP-CE-FAQ page yesterday with this new policy: see #2

http://www.irs.gov/Tax-Professionals/FAQs:-Registered-Tax-Return-Preparer-Continuing-Education-Requirements

[gboykin]

Yesterday on Facebook, the IRS Return Preparer Office stated that if you did not complete your continuing professional education requirement in 2012 (15 hours), you can complete them in 2013, with no requirement to document whether it is for 2012 or 2013. I have a real problem with this, as I believe it goes against the mission of IRS PTIN requirements as laid out from the beginning. I seriously have to wonder if the next step will be to relax the testing requirements coming at the end of this year.

More on my blog here: http://boykinstaxservice.wordpress.c...education-cpe/