Tag: Preparer Regulation

From the Archives: The IRS’s Preparer Directory Will Be Bad News for Enrolled Agents

It’s a holiday week, so I’m re-publishing popular blog posts from the past. New material resumes next Tuesday the 10th. This post from almost exactly 2 years ago features me going on an editorial rant about the IRS’s “Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers with Credentials and Select Qualifications.” Looking at this again with 2 […]

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Glossary: RTRP

RTRP stands for Registered Tax Return Preparer, a program/designation the IRS tried to get off the ground a few years ago. The RTRP program would have required unlicensed tax preparers to pass an open-book exam before they could prepare tax returns. The IRS ended up losing a court battle, and the RTRP program was shelved.

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