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Annual Filing Season Program
The Annual Filing Season Program (or AFSP) is a voluntary Internal Revenue Service (IRS) program designed to incentivize non-credentialed tax return preparers to participate in continuing education (CE) courses.〔Internal Revenue Service, "(AFSP Frequently Asked Questions )"〕 Participants receive an ''Annual Filing Season Program - Record of Completion'', which may be displayed to prospective clients as a way to stand out in the marketplace and to demonstrate tax knowledge and filing competency. AFSP tax preparers will also be listed in ''The Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers with Credentials and Select Qualifications'', a public information database scheduled to launch on the IRS website before the 2015 tax season.〔Internal Revenue Service, "(AFSP Homepage )"〕〔Sequoia CPE, "(AFSP General Information )"〕
==Program Background==
On January 1, 2011, the recently created Return Preparer Office launched the IRS Return Preparer Initiative. The purpose of the initiative was to improve taxpayer compliance and service by setting professional standards for and providing support to the tax preparation industry. During the first phase of the initiative, anyone who for compensation prepared or helped prepare any federal tax return or claim for refund was required to register with the IRS by obtaining a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN).〔IRS.gov, (New Return Preparer Regulations - Overview )〕 Other requirements for some tax preparers eventually included needing to pass the IRS Registered Tax Return Preparer Test and annually completing continuing education courses on federal tax law and ethics. Participants who successfully completed all requirements were given a new title: Registered Tax Return Preparer.
In January 2013, however, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it was suspending the program due to a ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. As a result of a lawsuit, the Court issued an order forbidding the IRS from enforcing the regulatory requirements for registered tax return preparers.〔IRS Announcement, Jan. 22, 2013, at (). Also, see generally Patrick Temple-West & Kim Dixon, "IRS rescinds tax preparer rules after court ruling," Jan. 22, 2013, Thomson-Reuters News, at (); and Richard Rubin, "Tax Preparer Rules Vanish on Filing Eve After Court Loss," Jan. 23, 2013, Bloomberg News, at ().〕 〔See, generally, Memorandum Opinion, Jan. 18, 2013, docket entry 22; ''Sabina Loving v. Internal Revenue Serv.'', case no. 1:12-cv-00385-JEB, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, at ().〕
In June 2014, the Return Preparer Office unveiled a new, now voluntary program intended to encourage tax return preparers to participate in continuing education courses on an annual basis — the Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP). In exchange for participation in the program, tax preparers receive an Annual Filing Season Program - Record of Completion, which they can display to stand out from the competition. Participants also receive inclusion in an online IRS public information database called The Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers with Credentials and Select Qualifications, which taxpayers can use to help locate qualified tax preparers in their area beginning January 2015.〔IRS.gov, (New IRS Filing Season Program Unveiled for Tax Return Preparers )〕
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