If you need a preparer for the 2025 filing season, now is the time to start looking, experts say. However, vetting is important because there are no federal licensing or competency requirements, and ...

When you hire a tax preparer, you’re giving them your most sensitive information, including identification numbers and financial data. With that in mind, the SCDOR wants you to be sure you are hiring ...

Maybe filing your Form 1040 or 1040-NR is as simple as reporting your W-2 wages and claiming the standard deduction. Or perhaps it’s more complicated because you sold a rental property, and have large ...

Tax season is here, and scammers are targeting taxpayers with a new scheme involving "ghost" tax preparers.The IRS recently issued an urgent warning about these fraudsters.Ghost tax preparers pose as ...

Peak tax season is approaching, and with it comes an uptick in fraudulent tax preparers who promise massive refunds, prepare bogus returns then disappear when the IRS comes calling. Consumer ...

(WHNT) — Karen Reeves, the President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama sat down to discuss a scam going around right now concerning tax preparers. She warns you about getting ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Most tax preparers are honest professionals, but dishonest and unscrupulous ones still exist. This was the case for a senior citizen in Nevada who mistakenly hired ...