Tax preparers

The AICPA, NAEA, NATP, NCCPAP, NSA and others have combined to ask for improvements.

The Office of Professional Responsibility is trying to expand its authority over preparers – and running into opposition.

Preparers are divided on the value of promoting themselves during their busiest time.

The Internal Revenue Service has seen a proliferation in the past 24 hours of a phishing email seeking to steal tax practitioners’ usernames and passwords for the IRS's online services.

Tax practices are looking for ways to keep employees engaged during busy season.

No matter how small your firm is, your clients’ information is very tempting to hackers.

This year’s filings are still behind last year; more and more tax pros won’t be vacationing after April 18; and other statistics as of the middle of the this year's filing period.

H&R Block is out to wrest back market share from its online tax-prep rivals with such aggressive measures as free services and interest-free advances on refunds—oh, and plunking a supercomputing Jeopardy star down on the desks of its 70,000 tax preparers.

Every preparer wants to know what their clients think. The trick is how to find out.

Taxpayers often have radically different opinions of the Internal Revenue Service than tax professionals — which offers practitioners some opportunities.

Taxpayers are excited, expectant and confused about the Trump administration’s plans – all at once.

Fees are rising, but customers keep coming back.

Preparers who file a return claiming the credit without including a W-2 to substantiate the income may get a warning.

Scammers and cheaters make the tax prep process harder for the government, taxpayers and tax preparers alike. Professional practitioners shared what they would do to shut the criminals down.

The IRS has tips for tax preparers to prevent identity theft in the approaching filing season.