Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act
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Summary
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to strengthen penalties and enforcement against tax return preparers who fail to comply with identification and filing requirements. It increases civil penalties for improper preparer conduct (from $50 to $250 per violation, with annual caps raised to $50,000–$75,000), creates new penalties for use of invalid or appropriated electronic filing identification numbers, establishes a program to help preparers correct identification errors before penalties apply, and creates a new felony offense for willful misuse or misappropriation of preparer identification numbers (punishable by up to 2 years imprisonment and fines up to $50,000–$100,000). The bill also expands the definition of tax return preparer and increases penalties for misappropriation of taxpayer refunds.
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