News: Federal Tax Day - Current, I.3, IRS to Waive Preparer Education Requirements for 2011, Shulman Announces (IR-2010-107, IRS Memo), (Oct. 27, 2010) For 2011, the IRS will waive the requirements for 15 hours of continuing education under the Service’s return-preparer initiative, IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman announced at the Fall Tax Meeting of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The waiver is part of a staged transition for the requirement and will give the IRS time to address many issues, including working with third parties who already certify education courses, Shulman said. The preparer initiative is…