August 31, 2016
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants said Wednesday it is appealing a D.C. federal court ruling that sustained the IRS' voluntary certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers.
August 03, 2016
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants lost its bid to scrap the Internal Revenue Service's voluntary certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers when a D.C. federal court ruled Wednesday that the accounting trade body lacks a proper cause of action to challenge the program.
June 20, 2016
The Internal Revenue Service slammed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' contention that the agency's certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers is regulatory overreach, telling a D.C. federal judge on Friday that the program is voluntary and valid.
May 31, 2016
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has urged the D.C. federal court to vacate an Internal Revenue Service certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers, arguing that it is a substantive change beyond the agency's legal powers and that the IRS failed to give the public an opportunity to comment.
December 09, 2014
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Tuesday said it will appeal to the D.C. Circuit an October ruling by a federal judge that dismissed its challenge of an Internal Revenue Service certification program for uncredentialed tax return preparers.
October 27, 2014
A D.C. federal judge dealt a blow Monday to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants when it ruled that the Internal Revenue Service can continue to enforce new oversight regulations for uncredentialed return preparers because they aren't harming the organization or its CPA membership.
October 10, 2014
A national accounting group on Thursday asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to strike evidence and arguments the IRS presented in the group's suit challenging a new rule for uncredentialed return preparers, saying they couldn't be presented in a reply brief.
October 08, 2014
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Tuesday asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to block the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing new oversight regulations for uncredentialed return preparers, saying the scheme is essentially identical to one that was invalidated by the D.C. Circuit.
September 30, 2014
The IRS argued Monday that the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants doesn't have standing to sue the agency just because it doesn't like new regulations governing certification of uncredentialed tax return preparers, noting among other points that the program is voluntary.
September 18, 2014
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Wednesday told a District of Columbia federal court its case against the IRS' tax preparer certification program should continue because it has standing and legitimate grounds for the suit.