"Ghost" tax preparers not only waste filers' funds, but these schemes can cause serious problems in the long run. A "ghost tax preparer" is someone who isn't certified but still prepares tax returns.

The Internal Revenue Service is reducing the annual cost of a Preparer Tax Identification Number after a court ruled that the charge was too high. The application and renewal fee will be reduced to ...

SEATTLE — Getting ghosted after a date is no new thing, but have you ever been ghosted by your tax preparer? Unfortunately, many have, and they're often met with serious consequences. Black-market tax ...

If you need a tax preparer for the 2025 filing season, now is the time to start looking, experts say. Here are the key things ...

The Internal Revenue Services has begun notifying about 1 million tax return preparers to remind them that they must renew their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTIN) if they are still paid ...

Internal Revenue Service regulation of return preparers, sidelined since its prohibition by the Loving decision, is back for another try. The IRS, responding to years’ of urging by tax preparer groups ...

The IRS has authority to charge user fees for preparer tax identification numbers (PTINs) a federal appeals court held, paving the way for the Service to reinstate the charges for obtaining and ...

After President Barack Obama signed the bill reopening the federal government and raising the debt limit, the IRS posted a notice on its website Thursday morning notifying workers to report to work no ...

Tax season is stressful enough without worrying whether the person filing your return is running a scam. But that’s exactly what happened in Central Florida, where three men behind a chain of tax ...

We have a warning about a rise in tax-related scams. One scam involves the recovery rebate credit. In 2023, the most recent year we have data for, Americans lost $5.5 billion dollars to tax scams. And ...

The snow is melting, the days are warmer and daffodils are blooming. Yet along with springtime whimsy comes tax season, and this year’s is stacked with complications for many tax filers. Even in a ...