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Many Tax Return Preparers Required to Use IRS e-file Beginning in 2011

 

Congress recently approved a federal e-file mandate for tax return preparers, based on recommendations from the IRS, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Council.

The requirement will be phased in over two years. As a result of the new rules, preparers will be required to start using IRS e-file beginning:

  • January 1, 2011— for those of you who anticipate preparing 100 or more federal individual or trust tax returns during the year; or
  • January 1, 2012— for those of you who anticipate preparing 11 or more federal individual or trust tax returns during the year.
Apply to become an e-file provider now
You must be an authorized e-file provider to use IRS e-file. The authorization process can take 45 days or more, so apply now to make sure you will be ready in January.

 
 


Page Last Reviewed or Updated: June 11, 2010