February 13, 2014
Convincing an unfriendly Congress to grant the Internal Revenue Service new authority may be the agency's best bet if it hopes to someday impose a nationwide licensing scheme on tax preparers after the D.C. Circuit shut the door on its claim that an 1884 statute already gave it the power to do so, experts say.
February 11, 2014
The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service lacks the authority to regulate independent tax return preparers, a decision that further dims the agency's attempts to implement a nationwide licensing system on the industry.