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How much do you know about your tax preparer?
The last time you had your income tax prepared in a “Tax Preparation Store”
or by an individual other than a CPA, have you questioned how much do you know about the
professional knowledge, and integrity of the person preparing your taxes?
Did you ask whether the preparer,
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Is a degreed professional who has received accounting education in an accredited higher education institute? So he/she is capable of
understanding the numbers and can provide you with solution to maximize your
benefits?
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Has current, accurate, and sufficient knowledge obtained by
completing no-less than 120 credit hours of Continued Professional Education of
tax, accounting, and related knowledge within the past three years? So he/she
can apply the current knowledge to your situation to minimize your tax
liability?
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Is a person of high-integrity and moral character
who’s background was properly investigated and his actions are continuously
monitored. A person that was never convicted of felony, nor is under indictment for a misconduct?
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Possesses “Professional” experience obtained from working
under professional accountant supervision? Or, he/she just knows how to enter
numbers into a computer program after being trained by a program operator?
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Can be held responsible for committing
errors? You the taxpayer, are ultimately responsible for the return, and unless your return was
prepared and signed by a “licensed professional,” it is unlikely that you will have recourse against the “Tax shop” or the unlicensed preparer for
professional liability.
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Personally knows you and will be there to help you year-round? Or whether he/she is a temp of a
"mass tax-preparation" shop where you are treated as “one of the
crowd” ?
Dealing with a CPA will eliminate all of your worries and provide positive answers to all of these questions. To be licensed as
a CPA, an individual must attain a higher-level of education, earn a degree, and
meet certain qualification requirements, pass a rigorous examination, and gain
certain amount of experience working for a CPA or a CPA firm. A CPA must be a
trusted advisor to individuals and businesses, an individual of high-integrity
who has to submit to a background investigation and continuous monitoring of
actions in order to maintain the CPA license issued by the State.
The CPA is
always required to meet the high professional standards promulgated by the
American Institute of CPAs and the state society of CPAs, adhere to a stringent
code of ethics, maintain responsibility for the work produced, and provide the
highest standards of customer service.
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