The decision means the time to assess unpaid taxes can remain open when the tax preparer committed fraud—even if the taxpayer didn’t know about it.

An influential advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service is asking Congress to regulate noncredentialed tax preparers and boost funding for the IRS and the National Taxpayer Advocate.

The IRS Security Summit campaign warns tax pros about fake IRS messages, social media tax myths, new-client phishing schemes, ...

Peak tax season is approaching, and with it comes an uptick in fraudulent tax preparers who promise massive refunds, prepare bogus returns then disappear when the IRS comes calling. Consumer ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers against a new tax-preparer scam involving certain tax credits. “In this latest scam, the IRS is seeing instances where unscrupulous tax return ...

Congress is once again looking at regulating tax preparers. Processing Content Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, has reintroduced the Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act, H.R. 1983, which would ...

VITA is a free tax preparation program that helps eligible households meet their basic needs and build financial assets ...

The IRS issued final regulations (T.D. 9997) on Tuesday that finalize the reduction of the fees for the application and renewal of preparer tax identification numbers (PTINs) to an $11 user fee plus ...