When you hand over your taxes to a paid preparer, as over half of Americans do, you may assume they are qualified to understand the intricacies of tax law and get you the biggest refund that the law ...

Most paid preparers aren’t subject to any licensing or competency standards. A new bipartisan bill would tighten enforcement against bad preparers, but stops short of regulating the industry. Millions ...

WXIN/WTTV — As we get closer to the tax filing deadline, the Better Business Bureau is sending out an annual warning about “ghost” tax preparers. Since 2006, the IRS has required anyone who gets paid ...

The IRS is currently undertaking one of the most significant technology modernization efforts in its history. Still, much of ...

Paid tax preparers can make serious errors on tax returns, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, which recommends the Internal Revenue Service beef up its oversight of ...