Tax preparers

The Trump administration’s proposals may create opportunities for practitioners.

More than 100 enrolled agents from nearly 40 states met with lawmakers in Congress to discuss some of the main issues affecting taxpayers and practitioners in an annual event organized by the National Association of Enrolled Agents.

The tax prep chain saw 4 percent revenue growth, and a 6.6 percent jump in same-store sales.

The due date for applying has been set at June 20.

There are nine spots open for stakeholders starting in January 2018.

With April 18 in the past, tax practices should start assessing their performance.

Top firms carefully analyze their profitability. productivity, client satisfaction and more.

A recent report from Adobe offers a host of insights into how consumers look at tax filing,

Health care changes and the possibility of tax reform dominate the conversation.

Not that there's a lot of down-time, mind you ...

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.