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Tax Preparer Job Description Gaining Clarity

The IRS has implemented final revisions to Circular 230 pertaining to the newly regulated tax practitioner known as Registered Tax Return Preparer. The effective date of the regulations is August 2, 2011. Anyone preparing substantial parts of a tax return is affected by these standards.

Previously, the components of Circular 230 applied only to CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys. Starting in 2010, all paid tax preparers were required to register with the IRS by obtaining a preparer tax identification number (PTIN).

The final regulations set the qualifications for Registered Tax Return Preparer certification. The designation cannot be used by anyone before meeting all the IRS requirements – including those still under development. The IRS will not have the Registered Tax Return Preparer exam available until after the effective date of the Circular 230 regulations. The IRS has disclosed that the initial examination is limited to Form 1040 tax returns only.

A tax preparer job description cannot include use of the term "Registered Tax Return Preparer" until passing the competency exam. Tax preparers who have a PTIN prior to the availability of the exam have until December 31, 2013, to obtain a passing grade. Consequently, full implementation of competency requirements is expected by 2014.

Annual renewal of a PTIN is required. Tax preparers must provide evidence of completing 15 hours of RTRP continuing education. The courses must comprise at least 3 hours of federal tax law updates and 2 hours of registered tax return preparer ethics. The remaining 10 hours must consist of federal tax law topics.

There is an exemption to the exam and continuing education requirements for CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys as well as anyone working under their supervision who does not sign tax returns.

Registered Tax Return Preparers are also required to comply with Circular 230 rules regarding advertising and solicitation. All tax practitioners presenting themselves in any paid advertising must display or broadcast the statement that "The IRS does not endorse any particular individual tax return preparer. For more information on tax return preparers go to IRS.gov". The Circular 230 revisions also require an RTRP to meet the standards of all tax practitioners to have "substantial authority" in order to consider a tax position as reasonable.

Although the IRS maintains the Office of Professional Responsibility to enforce the provisions of Circular 230, the new regulations remove this agency with respect to Registered Tax Return Preparers. The IRS has established a Return Preparer Office, which is charged with general administration of the RTRP program. This department is expected to have enforcement authority over Registered Tax Return Preparers.

IRS Circular 230 Disclosure

Pursuant to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service Circular 230, we inform you that, to the extent any advice relating to a Federal tax issue is contained in this communication, including in any attachments, it was not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (a) avoiding any tax related penalties that may be imposed on you or any other person under the Internal Revenue Code, or (b) promoting, marketing or recommending to another person any transaction or matter addressed in this communication.

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