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Alabama Society of Enrolled Agents President Larry Teall, EA, ATA announces 2010 Spring Seminar

No ALSEA Fall Seminar this year, as alternatives the Auburn Tax Practitioner Seminars will be held in November and December around the state. The Mississippi Society of Enrolled Agents are holding a Fall Seminar in Ocean Springs on October 29th and 30th.

Our 2010 Spring Seminar will be held May 24th and 25th, 2010 at the Birmingham Marriott.

We will not put on a Fall Seminar this year.

The 2009-2011 ALSEA Officers are:

PRESIDENT	LARRY TEALL, EA	Arab	larry@bara.net	256-586-4111

VICE PRESIDENT	TOM OWENS, EA	Birmingham	t_m_owens@bellsouth.net	205-995-9754

SECRETARY	CAROL WEST, EA	Cullman	carolwest329626@bellsouth.net	256-747-6182

TREASURER	FAYE M COBBS, EA	Cullman	fmcobbs@bellsouth.net	256-739-5290

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT	REGGIE WRIGHT, EA	Birmingham	janbamaheel@aol.com	205-871-9415

IRS Launches Tax Return Preparer Review...

IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman announced that by the end of 2009, he will propose a comprehensive set of recommendations to help the Internal Revenue Service better leverage the tax return preparer community with the twin goals of increasing taxpayer compliance and ensuring uniform and high ethical standards of conduct for tax preparers.

Some of the potential recommendations could focus on a new model for the regulation of tax return preparers; service and outreach for return preparers; education and training of return preparers; and enforcement related to return preparer misconduct. The Commissioner will submit recommendations to the Treasury Secretary and the President by the end of the year.

“Tax return preparers help Americans with one of their biggest financial transactions each year. We must ensure that all preparers are ethical, provide good service and are qualified,” Shulman said. “At the end the day, tax preparers and the associated industry must be part of our overall game plan to strengthen the integrity of the tax system.”

The first part of this groundbreaking effort will involve fact finding and receiving input from a large and diverse constituent community that includes those that are licensed by state and federal authorities — such as enrolled agents, lawyers and accountants — as well as unlicensed tax preparers and software vendors. The effort will also seek input and dialog with consumer groups and taxpayers.

“We plan to have a transparent and open dialogue about the issues,” Shulman said. “At this early and critical stage of the process, we need to hear from the broadest possible range of stakeholders.”

Later this year, the IRS plans to hold a number of open meetings in Washington and around the country with constituent groups.

PAST SEMINARS:

Pictures from the 2009 Spring Event, 2007 Spring Event and 2006 Event (thank you Jean Watson for the pictures!).