…tips offered by the IRS to help protect yourself and your business: Be vigilant; be skeptical. Never open a link or attachment from an unknown or suspicious source. Even if the email is from a known source, approach with caution. Cybercrooks are adept at mimicking trusted businesses, friends and family. Thieves may have compromised a friend’s email address or they may be spoofing the address with a slight change in text, such as name@example.com vs narne@example.com. In the latter, merely…

…Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee on IRS Reform from the Taxpayer’s Perspective December 13, 2017 OSSEA Members Testify Before Ohio House Ways and Means Committee on Centralizing Collection and Filing of Municipal Business Net Profit Returns Through Ohio Business Gateway (OBG) and Ohio Department of Taxation March 22, 2017 NAEA Sr. Director, Government Relations, Robert Kerr Testifies Before IRS Panel on Proposed SEE User Fee Regulations December 29, 2016 NAEA Presents Testimony on IRS Future State During National Taxpayer Advocate…

…the agency has a contingency plan that would allow for a later implementation date of the mandatory PTIN use. Rationalize EA and PTIN renewal cycles—Enrolled agents renew their license to practice every three years by completing a Form 8554 (Application for Renewal of Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service) and paying an attendant user fee. OPR checks an enrolled agent’s filing history to ensure all personal and business federal taxes have been timely filed and paid.We question why…

…the agency has a contingency plan that would allow for a later implementation date of the mandatory PTIN use. Rationalize EA and PTIN renewal cycles—Enrolled agents renew their license to practice every three years by completing a Form 8554 (Application for Renewal of Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service) and paying an attendant user fee. OPR checks an enrolled agent’s filing history to ensure all personal and business federal taxes have been timely filed and paid.We question why…

…prepared and signed after December 31, 2015. PTIN holders without an AFSP – Record of Completion or without other professional credentials will not be able to represent clients before the IRS in any matters for returns prepared and signed after December 31, 2015. Attorneys, CPAs, and EAs will continue to have unlimited representation rights and can represent clients before any office of the IRS.From the IRS website: https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/frequently-asked-questions-annual-filing-season-programOnce you’ve gathered all of your information, you can create an account on…

…Plan, and more. Those interested in attending the Special Topics Workshop may register by visiting https://sforce.co/2RIsHGD. Virtual Summer Series June – August 2020 The National Association of Enrolled Agents announced its 2021 Virtual Summer Series, beginning June 1 and running through August 25, 2021. June and July series includes content from NAEA’s prestigious National Tax Practice Institute™ (NTPI®), updated with new and improved content focusing on IRS representation, collections, audits, exams, appeals and more. August concludes the summer series with…

…before the IRS. 1966 The Treasury Department began using the Enrolled Agent (Enrolled to Practice before the IRS) title for the professionals it licensed.   California Society of Enrolled Agents. (n.d.). The history of enrolled agents and CSEA. History. Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://csea.org/CSEA/Your_CSEA/About_Us/History/CSEA/Your_CSEA/History.aspx?hkey=bcd7a01d-b74c-4099-bc5c-bbae0df4a98c 1972 NAEA was founded as the Association of Enrolled Agents (AEA) in 1972 in Hawthorne, California. Through the pioneering efforts of David Smollan, EA, the Founding Chapter of an organization dedicated to Enrolled Agents was…