Comments on: Is licensing tax preparers a good idea? http://healthcare-economist.com/2010/01/07/is-licensing-tax-preparers-a-good-idea/ Tue, 22 May 2012 08:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cavalcade Of Risk - The New Year Edition | Colorado Health Insurance Insider http://healthcare-economist.com/2010/01/07/is-licensing-tax-preparers-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-6051 Cavalcade Of Risk - The New Year Edition | Colorado Health Insurance Insider Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:05:13 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=3473#comment-6051 [...] Economist’s Jason Shafrin explains why he thinks it’s a bad idea for the government to license tax preparers.  Licensing provides a revenue stream for government agencies, and to some degree it allows the [...] [...] Economist’s Jason Shafrin explains why he thinks it’s a bad idea for the government to license tax preparers.  Licensing provides a revenue stream for government agencies, and to some degree it allows the [...]

]]> By: AnnR http://healthcare-economist.com/2010/01/07/is-licensing-tax-preparers-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-6025 AnnR Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:16:53 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=3473#comment-6025 I can see why the IRS wants to do this. I work in a large data collection operation. We devote a lot of energy to encouraging people to submit correct information, it makes a huge difference in the quality and timeliness of our information. If I were the IRS I would set a fairly low bar for passing the exam. These people aren't CPAs, I might just test them on the most common forms. Then I would review errors and target preparers who make errors. It seems to me it's a chance for the IRS to reach out to low quality preparers and encourage them to do the job correctly. I can see why the IRS wants to do this.
I work in a large data collection operation. We devote a lot of energy to encouraging people to submit correct information, it makes a huge difference in the quality and timeliness of our information.

If I were the IRS I would set a fairly low bar for passing the exam. These people aren’t CPAs, I might just test them on the most common forms.
Then I would review errors and target preparers who make errors.

It seems to me it’s a chance for the IRS to reach out to low quality preparers and encourage them to do the job correctly.

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