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Information regarding the retirement of Disclosure Authorization and Electronic Account Resolution Apps

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on June 12, 2013 - 4:37pm

Disclosure Authorization and Electronic Account Resolution retire this August

IRS is retiring the Disclosure Authorization and Electronic Account Resolution options on e-Services on Aug. 11.

Due largely to low usage of e-Service’s Disclosure Authorization (DA) and Electronic Account Resolution, the IRS has decided to retire and remove the two applications effective Aug. 11.

Internal Revenue Service resources for Small Business Owners

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on February 26, 2013 - 11:26am

This message is to let you know that the Service is conducting a new outreach and education campaign for small business owners, but specifically targeting new Schedule C filers. Small Business/Self-Employed research has shown us that there are two things that commonly trip up small business owners, particularly new ones, when it comes to determining their federal tax liabilities: (1) Poor Recordkeeping and (2) Incorrectly determining Business Income.

IRS Statement on Court Ruling Related to Return Preparers

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 22, 2013 - 12:40pm

As of Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has enjoined the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing the regulatory requirements for registered tax return preparers. In accordance with this order, tax return preparers covered by this program are not currently required to register with the IRS, to complete competency testing or secure continuing education. The ruling does not affect the regulatory practice requirements for CPAs, attorneys, enrolled agents, enrolled retirement plan agents or enrolled actuaries.

RTRP EXAM

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 17, 2013 - 3:06pm

 

REGISTERED TAX RETURN PREPARER

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on August 28, 2012 - 3:56pm

REGISTERED TAX RETURN PREPARER COMPETENCY TEST INFORMATION

CSTC APPROVED PROVIDERS OF:

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on April 25, 2012 - 5:14pm

IRS & CTEC

ONLINE TAX CALENDAR - ENGLISH & SPANISH

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on March 27, 2012 - 4:19pm

The online version of Pub 1518 Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed which is available in English and Spanish.
Please note that this differs from the Desktop Calendar tool and the downloadable versions for Outlook and iCal. 
 All these products can be obtained from IRS.gov at: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=176080,00.html

DELAY FOR SOME ENROLLED AGENTS AWAITING RENEWAL CARDS

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on March 22, 2012 - 9:31am

Enrolled Agents.


Last year's seven month moratorium on enrolled agent application processing while we completed the process of reducing the fee from $125 to $30 is unfortunately still affecting our ability to timely process the renewal applications for SSNs ending in 7, 8, 9, and null. While we have timely processed 3,500 renewals, we still have approximately 7,100 to complete.

CHANGES IN TAC PROCEDURES

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 25, 2012 - 11:47am
  • Effective immediately, the Internal Revenue Service will no longer accept tax returns from Tax Return Preparers in the Field Assistance Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs).
  • Returns are all tax returns, individual and business.   
  • Tax returns include, but are not limited to:
  • Form 1040 Series including Form 1040X,
  • Form 4868,
  • Form 2290, 
  • Form 94X series, and
  • Form 1041.
  • Tax Return Preparers include individuals or businesses who pre
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