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6/23/10 - IRS is requiring testing for all federal tax return preparers
I must say that it is about time. Individual states have been requiring yearly testing and registration of state preparers for decades now. The IRS is in the process of taking this out of the hands of the state and mandating federal standardized testing. If your tax preparer is not registered with the IRS, and has not taken specific tests then they may not be eligible to prepare your tax return.

As a CPA I am no longer required to test for the state tax preparer registration through CTEC, and I will also be exempt from taking the IRS testing. The reason for this is that the annual continuing education (CE) requirements for a CPA are much more rigorous than for a registered tax preparer. There will be much more discussion on this to come since the IRS has not released all of the standards yet.

5/10/10 - It's Official
Received the acceptance letter from California Board of Accountancy stating that my application has been accepted, my license number has since been issued, and I am listed on the California Board of Accountancy website.  What is next after this? Stay tuned, I have a lot of new services that I would like to offer, and people who visit my website will get to see them first.

2/2/10 - 2009 Tax Season Update
It is officially the beginning of the 2009 tax season. There has been a huge number of changes to tax code in the last year, and there is no sign of this trend stopping. So it is more important than ever to have competent tax advice and preparation.

In an effort to reduce the amount of paper that Bowen Accounting & Tax uses I have sent as many notices as possible out via email rather than mail. If you do not want me to communicate with you via email please let me know.

Additionally, I will be offering clients to receive copies of their completed tax returns and documents in a pdf and tiff format rather than the hard copy I usually provide. If you would like to take advantage of this please let me know. You can have both if you prefer.

The 2009 client tax letter is available by clicking here and the tax season check-list is available by clicking here. They are in a printer friendly version.

I have already filed several tax returns and I am waiting for you to contact me so we can get your year started off right. You can call me on my cell at (661) 342-0087, or email me at Richard@BowenAccounting.com.