Pretty soon, they’ll be making those of us who use software pay a fee and register with them.
Where would our Secretary of the Treasury’s excuse be then?
We’re guessing that when Americans think of outlaw industries, tax preparers aren’t the first rogues that come to mind. But lo, the nation’s green eyeshades are now destined to come under the regulatory rule of the IRS as part of the Obama Administration’s latest revenue grab.
Under the plan, which would begin with the 2011 tax season, anyone who takes money to help people with their taxes will have to register with the IRS, and eventually pass competency tests and sign up for continuing education. So having made tax filing so complicated that most Americans need help with their forms, Washington now wants to raise the price of such counsel by regulating advisers in a way that may reduce their supply. …
Cheering the new regulations are big tax preparers like H&R Block, who are only too happy to see the feds swoop in to put their mom-and-pop seasonal competitors out of business.
Go ask a leftist if this is the “change” they voted for.
They’ll call you a liar. Don’t ask how I know this to be a fact.
Even the IRS Commish has to hire out his return each year…