IRS Battle To Regulate Tax Preparers Continues

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US court strikes down IRS tax preparer regulations Reuters‎ - 6 days ago

By Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:55pm EST

(Reuters) - In a surprising blow to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, a federal judge on Friday barred the agency from regulating thousands of non-professional tax return preparers, throwing into doubt a multimillion-dollar enforcement program already underway.

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IRS pushes again for tax preparer regulation Chicago Tribune‎ - 1 day ago

In a move to protect taxpayers from unscrupulous tax return preparers, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has asked a federal judge to reconsider his earlier order that shut down the agency's first attempt to regulate the tax return preparation industry.