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IR-2021-46, February 25, 2021 WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers to choose a tax return preparer with care. Even though the vast majority of tax return preparers provide honest, quality service, some cause great harm through fraud, identity theft and other scams every year. People value good tax return preparers for helping them through a complicated tax situation or for being available when they dont have time to prepare their own tax return. Paid tax return p...

Were just days away from the start of the 2020 tax season - yes, 2020, because were talking about your taxes from last year. The IRS is now issuing a new warning against ghost tax preparers and what you need to look out for. So just what do we mean by ghost? According to the IRS, a ghost preparer does not sign a tax return they prepare. Unscrupulous ghost preparers will print the return and tell the taxpayer to sign and mail it to the IRS. For e-filed returns, the ghost will prepare but refuse...

IR-2021-30, February 5, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers to avoid "ghost" tax return preparers whose refusal to sign returns can cause a frightening array of problems. It is important to file a valid, accurate tax return because the taxpayer is ultimately responsible for it. Ghost preparers get their scary name because they dont sign tax returns they prepare. Like a ghost, they try to be invisible to the fact theyve prepared the return and will print the retu...