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Article: AICPA tells IRS of concerns about inclusion of tax return cost estimates.(tax info)
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- CPA Letter
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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In a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Mark W. Everson, the AICPA said it is very concerned about the negative ramifications emanating from the IRS's inclusion of tax return preparation cost estimates in the printed 2005 Form 1040 Instructions. The Institute refers to cost estimates included in a table listing estimates of the average preparation times and expenses associated with certain
Form 1040 schedules that have been self-prepared without tax software, self-prepared with tax software and prepared by a paid professional. Stating that the numbers do not reflect marketplace reality and will undermine contextual ...