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RTRP REQUIREMENT
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Registered Tax Return
Preparer (RTRP)
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 Anyone who
prepares Forms 1040 for compensation, must follow
recently enacted requirements for federal tax return
preparers.
Most individuals must become Registered Tax
Return Preparers (RTRP) under these new rules (unless
you are an attorney, certified public accountant, or enrolled
agent, or in some cases
supervised by an attorney, certified public accountant,
or enrolled agent).
RTRPs have the right to prepare and sign tax returns and
claims for refund. RTRPs also may represent clients
before the IRS during audits of tax returns they
prepare.
RTRPs must follow the rules established in
Treasury Department Circular 230 |
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WEBSITE
SCAMS |
Phony IRS Websites
 The IRS warns consumers about a
new tax scam that uses a website that mimics the IRS
e-Services online registration page.The actual IRS
e-Services page offers web-based products for tax
preparers, not the general public.
The phony web page
looks almost identical to the real one.The IRS gets many
reports of fake websites like this.
Criminals use these
sites to lure people into providing personal and
financial information that may be used to steal the
victim’s money or identity.The address of the official
IRS website is www.irs.gov.
Don’t be misled by sites claiming to be the IRS but
ending in .com,.net,
.org or other designations instead
of .gov.The IRS website has information that can help
you protect yourself from tax scams of all kinds. Search
the site using the term: phishing. |
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