Download or read book Loving Return Preparer Regulation written by Bryan Camp and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2011 the Department of Treasury issued regulations that, for the first time, empowered the IRS to regulate the practice of preparing tax returns. Naturally, many tax return preparers were not happy about being regulated by the Feds. In 2013 a federal district judge nuked the regulations, holding that Congress has not authorized Treasury to empower the IRS to regulate return preparers. The lead plaintiff was named Loving. This article takes a critical look at whether the IRS can regulate return preparers. In so doing, it teaches three lessons. First, it traces the legal history of the 1884 statute where Congress first authorized regulation of "the practice of representatives of persons before the Department of the Treasury." Note that 1884 was both after and before Congress had imposed a tax on income and so was created during a time where most federal revenue derived from "external" taxes (e.g. customs duties) and "internal" excise taxes.Second, the article attacks the long-cherished belief that ours is a tax system of "self-assessment." The article teaches why this is untrue both as a matter of law and as a matter of fact. Further, the article explains why a belief in "self-assessment" may not be a benign platitude: it can lead to some fundamental misunderstandings of U.S. tax administration.Third, the article closely examines and refutes the best arguments on why tax return preparers cannot currently be regulated under existing law. The article does not discuss whether regulation of tax return preparers is good policy -- it assumes such regulation is good policy and refers the interested reader to sources supporting that assumption. Instead, the article focuses on whether Treasury has sufficient statutory authority to bring all tax return preparers under its regulatory regime embodied in Circular 230.
Download or read book Loving is Affirmed written by Frank G. Colella and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article examines the factual background of Loving v. IRS, the invalidated return preparer regulations, and the statute that the IRS relied on as authority. It reviews the district and circuit court opinions and discusses the options available to the IRS to regulate the tax return preparation industry in the wake of those decisions.The article concludes that both the district court and court of appeals correctly interpreted the statute and held that the IRS did not have authority to regulate the tax preparation industry. While regulation of unlicensed tax preparers may be worthwhile, the oversight of such a significant industry should be premised on a specific grant of Congressional authority.
Download or read book How the IRS Can Regulate Return Preparers Without New Law written by Bryan Camp and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasury has historically regulated a group called “tax practitioners” (chiefly lawyers, CPA's, and enrolled agents) through the regulations contained in Circular 230. These regulations are issued under the authority of 31 U.S.C. §330 which permits Treasury to regulate “the practice of representatives of taxpayers before the Department.” In 2011, Treasury tried to extend Circular 230 to cover Unenrolled Return Preparers (URPs). In the 2013 case of Loving v. IRS, the D.C. Circuit held that extension invalid based on 2 rationales: (1) URPs were not "representatives" of taxpayers, and (2) tax return preparation was not "the practice" of tax. A year later the D.C. District Court used that second rationale to hold invalid the Circular 230 limitation on CPA's charging contingent fees for preparing amended tax returns.The conventional wisdom is that the IRS cannot regulate URPs without some Congressional modification to 31 U.S.C. 330. This paper takes a contrarian position. It argues that there are other ways to frame the regulatory problem. Specifically, there are three potential regulatory paradigms: (1) regulating URPs as a subcategory of "practitioners," relying on the delegation of authority in title 31 (the failed approach); (2) regulating URPs as a subcategory of return preparers, relying on a delegation of authority in title 26; and (3) regulating non-taxpayer prepared returns as a subcategory of all returns, again relying on statutes in title 26 for the delegation of authority. The paper concludes that the second approach, like the first, is unlikely to pass judicial scrutiny. However, the third paradigm -- regulating URPS by regulating their work product of returns -- is highly likely to survive judicial review.The paper first reviews the policy reasons for regulating URPs and then explores how each of the three potential regulatory paradigms fit the general administrative law delegation of powers analysis.
Download or read book Protecting Taxpayers from Incompetent and Unethical Return Preparers written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Believing in Life After Loving written by Alex Levy and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly anyone can be a tax preparer. There is no test to pass or code of ethics to follow. With few barriers to entry, the field of tax preparation has drawn unscrupulous players, many of whom prey on low-income families who claim the earned-income tax credit. In 2011, the IRS endeavored to regulate the anything-goes world of tax preparation. But a group of small-government activists at the Institute for Justice challenged the IRS's regulations in federal court. And they won. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the regulations as beyond the I.R.S.'s authority under section 330 of Title 31 of the United States Code. In the wake of that decision, Loving v. IRS, the only path forward for advocates of taxpayer protection is for Congress to explicitly empower the IRS to regulate swindlers posing as tax professionals.This Article is, fundamentally, a story of political and judicial failure in the age of small government absolutism. In a different era, federal oversight of unscrupulous tax preparers would have represented the blandest kind of common sense. But the Institute for Justice was able to convince a panel of judges on what is widely regarded as the second most influential court in the country that IRS oversight of tax preparers is unlawful. The government's litigation strategy proved bumbling and ill-considered; it was easily outmaneuvered by its ideologically-driven adversary.In the Article, I provide background on the IRS regulations and the process by which they were developed; I detail the pervasive fraud and incompetence that motivated the IRS to act; I explore the Institute for Justice's push to invalidate the regulations in court, and I look at the arguments it made outside the courtroom; I evaluate the state-level experience with tax preparer regulations to see what can be learned from these “laboratories of democracy”; and, finally, I discuss how to proceed in the aftermath of Loving.
Download or read book Regulation of Income Tax Return Preparers written by United States. Congress. House. Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regulation of Income Tax Return Preparers written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Loving and Legitimacy written by Steve R. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The validity of regulations promulgated by the Department of Treasury is a principal battleground in contemporary federal taxation. So far, the clash has had two phases: establishment and implementation. Phase one entailed the destruction of the citadel of tax insularity, the bastion within which tax specialists thought to keep themselves safe from having to learn and apply general administrative law. In cases such as Swallows, Mannella, Lantz, Mayo, and the welter of cases culminating in Home Concrete, the old guard was defeated. It is now firmly established that tax, no less than other regulatory areas, is subject to the rules of administrative law. That proposition having been settled, we are now in phase two: implementation, the application of specific administrative law rules in particular tax contexts.
Download or read book IRS Exceeds Powers and Violates Transparency with Tax Preparer Regulations written by Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Credits for the Working Poor written by Michelle Lyon Drumbl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the effectiveness of the earned income tax credit in the United States and offers suggestions for how it can be improved.
Download or read book Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice written by Bernard Wolfman and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice provides clear explanations of the relevant rules and regulations that apply to tax lawyers and organizes the materials by the various functions a lawyer serves: litigator, advisor and counselor. This is the only casebook currently available for law courses on professional responsibility in tax practice. Look for these key features in the new edition: New chapter on international tax practice Effect of technology innovations, e.g., email and social media, on ethical tax practice, including issues such as ethical advertising and solicitation, outsourcing and fee sharing Changes to Circular 230, the document governing practice before the IRS
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Download or read book The Internal Revenue Service s Processing of 501 c 3 and 501 c 4 Applications for Tax exempt Status Submitted by political Advocacy Organizations from 2010 2013 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tax Law of Private Foundations written by Shane T. Hamilton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 805 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful analysis and clarification of private foundation tax law combined with hands-on practice tools that make compliance simpler Now in its sixth edition, The Tax Law of Private Foundations by Bruce Hopkins and Shane Hamilton serves as the ultimate reference for navigating the complex regulations faced by private foundations. This comprehensive book is regularly updated to incorporate the latest changes in tax law, providing executives and professionals with valuable clarification, expert insights, and practical instruction. With each edition supplemented annually, readers can rely on the book to remain current and relevant. It offers a clear and concise summary of the regulations governing private foundations, unveiling the logic underpinning the rules. The authors provide a range of helpful tools, including checklists, sample documents, and practice forms, to simplify the filing process and ensure compliance with the latest legislation.Readers will also find: Critical analyses and considerations of existing laws and regulations, shedding light on potential confusion arising from future legislation. A collection of practical tools that make it simpler to maintain compliance with the regulations governing private foundations Expert guidance on obtaining or maintaining your foundation’s tax-exempt status An indispensable resource, this latest edition caters to individuals with personal or professional interests in private foundations, offering authoritative guidance and illuminating explanations in an intricate and perplexing area of the law. Whether navigating the complexities of compliance or seeking deep insights, this book remains the gold standard for understanding and managing the complexities of private foundation taxation.
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