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The CPA That Cried “IRS!”

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“No bureaucracy ever thinks it has all the power it needs.”

~ Joe Kristan can’t see the future (to our knowledge) but he did predict that the IRS would try to extend the tax preparer regulations to CPAs.

Posted in Quote of the DayTagged IRS, Tax preparer regulations

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