Discussion:Can anyone sign tax returns?
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| As far as what you can do now...not much. Others have told clients that they will contact the IRS and "remove" their signature from the return....of course, since you didn't sign it, that is not an option.}} | As far as what you can do now...not much. Others have told clients that they will contact the IRS and "remove" their signature from the return....of course, since you didn't sign it, that is not an option.}} | ||
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| + | {{ForumReplyPost|UserID=LJACPA|Date=1 July 2009|Text=To clarify, I have been paid in full (just not happily or as much as I should have been; another discussion...). Well, Kevin, you asked a question and I'm not sure what your point was. Can you elaborate? I just wondered if he did copy and file a return that has all my info on it and I don't sign it, do I have any concerns?}} | ||
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| 23 January 2009 | |
| I am an accountant/bookkeeper in Massachusetts. I currntly have 6 clients that are S-Corporations. I file the taxes for them and because I use proseries I have to enter firm information and say that I am the preparer, however I am not a CPA or EA and I don't have my Bachelors Degree yet either. Can I sign these tax returns as the preparer even though I am not a CPA? | |
| 23 January 2009 | |
| (unless they take a position that is patently wrong, in which instance you should not even be preparing them). | |
| 23 January 2009 | |
| If you are paid to prepare the return, you are legally required to sign it. | |
| 23 January 2009 | |
| Sec. 6695b | |
| 23 January 2009 | |
| Any consumer receiving an unsigned return from thier paid tax preparer should question their preparer's credentials. | |
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 25 January 2009 |
| They've been known to bite. | |
| 25 January 2009 | |
| This comes from experience Rgt. For instance, I've been known to question a young lady's credentials, but I've gotten slapped several times for touching them. | |
| 30 June 2009 | |
| Several months later - and back on topic... I 'fired' a long time client after tax season this year (he got really ugly when he finally had to start paying me a decent fee). I had already prepared his returns and have been waiting on the 8829. Just emailed him a second time as a reminder that I have to have to efile. His response is that they are going to paper file. Of course, I only gave them a client file copy, thus I did not sign (I used to sign all client copies, but quit this year). He's unfriendly to say the least but I am willing to either efile - with the signed 8879 - or sign a filing copy (for which I will now charge an additional fee). What happens if he files with my name, PTIN, EIN, address, phone number and no signature? | |
| 30 June 2009 | |
| Does most software still allow you to give clients a watermarked version of a return? Don't recall and haven't done it in quite a while...just another reason why you don't give a copy of a return that can be used for filing until you have been paid in full.
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| 1 July 2009 | |
| To clarify, I have been paid in full (just not happily or as much as I should have been; another discussion...). Well, Kevin, you asked a question and I'm not sure what your point was. Can you elaborate? I just wondered if he did copy and file a return that has all my info on it and I don't sign it, do I have any concerns? | |
