AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE et al

  1. August 31, 2016

    AICPA To Appeal IRS Certification Program Row

    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants said Wednesday it is appealing a D.C. federal court ruling that sustained the IRS' voluntary certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers.

  2. August 03, 2016

    IRS Voluntary Certification Program Survives AICPA Challenge

    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants lost its bid to scrap the Internal Revenue Service's voluntary certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers when a D.C. federal court ruled Wednesday that the accounting trade body lacks a proper cause of action to challenge the program.

  3. June 20, 2016

    IRS Blasts Bid To Nix Program For Unlicensed Preparers

    The Internal Revenue Service slammed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' contention that the agency's certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers is regulatory overreach, telling a D.C. federal judge on Friday that the program is voluntary and valid.

  4. May 31, 2016

    CPAs Say IRS Program For Unlicensed Preparers Needs To Go

    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has urged the D.C. federal court to vacate an Internal Revenue Service certification program for unlicensed tax return preparers, arguing that it is a substantive change beyond the agency's legal powers and that the IRS failed to give the public an opportunity to comment.

  5. December 09, 2014

    CPAs Take Challenge Of IRS Preparer Program To DC Circ.

    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Tuesday said it will appeal to the D.C. Circuit an October ruling by a federal judge that dismissed its challenge of an Internal Revenue Service certification program for uncredentialed tax return preparers.

  6. October 27, 2014

    DC Court Axes CPA Group's Tax Preparer Lawsuit

    A D.C. federal judge dealt a blow Monday to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants when it ruled that the Internal Revenue Service can continue to enforce new oversight regulations for uncredentialed return preparers because they aren't harming the organization or its CPA membership.

  7. October 10, 2014

    CPA Group Says IRS Can't Raise New Arguments In Reply

    A national accounting group on Thursday asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to strike evidence and arguments the IRS presented in the group's suit challenging a new rule for uncredentialed return preparers, saying they couldn't be presented in a reply brief.

  8. October 08, 2014

    IRS Preparer Regs Should Be Blocked, CPA Group Tells Court

    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Tuesday asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to block the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing new oversight regulations for uncredentialed return preparers, saying the scheme is essentially identical to one that was invalidated by the D.C. Circuit.

  9. September 30, 2014

    IRS Says CPAs Lack Good Reason To Sue Over Certification

    The IRS argued Monday that the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants doesn't have standing to sue the agency just because it doesn't like new regulations governing certification of uncredentialed tax return preparers, noting among other points that the program is voluntary.

  10. September 18, 2014

    CPA Group Fires Back At IRS' Challenge On Standing

    The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants on Wednesday told a District of Columbia federal court its case against the IRS' tax preparer certification program should continue because it has standing and legitimate grounds for the suit.