Standards for Tax Services

[jainen]

Check this out.

http://tax.aicpa.org/NR/rdonlyres/59F11538-2F23-4583-84A5-ED06D01CDBCC/0/SSTS_Online_PDF.pdf

I guess that few of us on this forum are members of AICPA, but clients can still hold practitioners to common industry standards of ethical behavior. For 2010, this organization is raising the bar a bit more. In particular, it is no longer enough that a position on a return one signs be non-frivolous. Now it must have a realistic possibility of success, or at least a "reasonable basis" with adequate disclosure.

In my opinion, tax professionals who continue to say "let the client decide" are acting unethically.

[mcb39]

Our two day tax seminar school this year spent at least two hours on the subject of preparer ethics. It is becoming a huge issue, as it should be. IMO

[JRS]

CTEC, California's tax preparer regulator added a two hour ethics requirement for 2010 registration.