Discussion:Do you have to be a CPA?
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| 30 October 2009 | |
| Do you have to be a CPA to sign a C-corp tax return? I know you don’t have to be a CPA to sign a individual, partnership, or S-Corp return. | |
Kmikeburns (talk|edits) said: | 30 October 2009 |
| No | |
| 30 October 2009 | |
| There was one state, two or three years ago, which tried to say the answer was 'yes' because the corp return required a balance sheet, which implied 'accounting', and in that state, only licensed individuals could do the 'A' word. For 100 points, name that state. | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 30 October 2009 |
| and I would guess North Carolina | |
| 31 October 2009 | |
It wasn't NYS.
NYS just started to require tax preparers to register with the Dept of Tax and Finance. | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 31 October 2009 |
| I said NC because I had a case in the past where, despite my EA credentials, they would not talk to me because I was out of state, and to represent the client I would have had to travel to Raleigh. The issue was not one that required a 'sit down' but I had to tell the client to find someone local. This was perhaps 15 years ago. | |
| 31 October 2009 | |
| For sure not California. California returns can be prepared (for compensation) by a CPA, attorney, EA, or other preparer who is registered with the California Tax Education Council (CTEC). A CPA or attorney does not have to be registered in California. See http://www.ftb.ca.gov/professionals/taxnews/2008/0308/0308_3.shtml. | |
| 31 October 2009 | |
| perhaps my mind is a bit rusty - it was longer than 2 or 3 years ago. | |
