Professional Tax Qualifications
February 18th, 2007
Question: How to become a tax preparer?
I file taxes myself. I advice my friends on taxes and tips on tax savings. I am 30 and i really want to be a professional in this field. What qualifications and formal training do i need to do taxes for others?
Answer: At the present time only 3-4 states require you to be licensed and pass a test. (California, Oregon do; I think Maryland is about to.)
Unfortunately for the public that means anyone in the other states can put up a shingle and claim they know what they are doing.
I wouldn’t let someone touch my tax return unless they had an EA, CPA, majored in tax law or some other indication that they had done more than file their own taxes every year.
Even taking the classes at the big chains (like HRBlock) is no guarantee anymore. The person could have taken one class and figured the software would catch any errors they made. Gone are the days of paper returns with the senior person at the office reviewing each one *before* it was filed.
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