{"id":5694,"date":"2010-01-28t17:05:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-28t21:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2010-01-28t17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28t21:06:21","slug":"irs-10000-letters-program-angers-cpas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/01\/28\/irs-10000-letters-program-angers-cpas\/","title":{"rendered":"irs ‘10,000 letters’ program angers cpas"},"content":{"rendered":"

intrusive and intimidating irs initiative.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by william stromsem, cpa, jd<\/em><\/p>\n

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cpas are complaining about an intrusive and intimidating internal revenue service (irs) initiative that began in early january when the irs started sending \u201cover 10,000\u201d letters to tax return preparers (commercial and professional), with follow-up visits to \u201cthousands\u201d of letter recipients. this is part of an irs program to be sure that preparers are \u201cassisting clients appropriately\u201d and part of commissioner shulman\u2019s overall effort to increase oversight of return preparers. the irs may intend this as an encouragement to do a better job, but cpa practitioners see this as poorly timed and intimidating during the busy tax season as they seek to apply the tax law correctly to client situations.<\/p>\n

…continued at the aicpa corporate taxation insider:\u00a0 irs ‘10,000 letters’ program angers cpas<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n