kelly tate Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) This is my first posting. Pardon me if it's a little disjointed. I am trying to find out if MD tax preparers received a written notice that CEU & a license is required for doing MD taxes. And when did you receive the notice. Been denied exemption because of lacking 2013 CEU. Have every other year CEUs I am trying to fight with knowledge that MD did not notify the tax preparers in writing what the requirements were. Been doing taxes since 1996. Edited November 1, 2016 by jklcpa edited title only - for clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 http://dllr.state.md.us/license/taxprep/taxpreplic.shtml#reg http://dllr.state.md.us/license/taxprep/taxprepcpe.shtml The CEU are required to renew the tax preparer licensing in MD. Attesting to completion should have been part of the license renewal process. I deleted your other 5 duplicate posts. I'm not sure what the delay was in posting, but they appeared to all be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly tate Posted November 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 jklcpa Thank you for your reply. However, I wanted to know when & if written notice was given to the tax preparers who were doing taxes since 1996 from the state of Maryland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly tate Posted November 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Further when did Md notify tax prepares of the requirements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Maryland didn't notify me (personally) that the rules were changing, but they posted on their website that in order to prepare taxes you needed to be a CPA, EA or to pass the exam they had prepared. Before the Love case, the IRS didn't inform me either but their website mentioned that you had to pass the tests if you wanted to prepare taxes for other people. Are they required to notify tax preparers o tax preparers need to know the requirements? Another question, if you have been doing taxes for so long, why don't you sit on the exam which is a very simple exam you don't have to explain how long you have been doing taxes? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklcpa Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Agree with Pacun that it is up to us to know and keep up with the laws of our given profession. The first inkling that a law change in professional requirements may be being discussed by the state board or state legislature usually comes from my state society website posting (used to be newsletter), by postings on the Dept of Revenue's website section for tax professionals, by trade publications, by participating in online forums such as this one, and by attending the ethics CPE for my state where regulatory changes are covered. With that being said, there is also a section on my individual permit to practice and also on my society memberships that I am in compliance with the CPE requirements. From the website linked below, it appears that the law change was effective in March of 2012, so you've had at least 2 biennial renewals since then to notice the change. According to the last section on the linked page, there are limited reasons the State will renew a licence when the applicant is not in compliance with CPE, but not knowing the law is not one of them. http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/SubtitleSearch.aspx?search=09.38.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly tate Posted November 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 You know, it's fear of testing I think. Although, I have pass other tests, except the parking a car test at DMV. I backed over the pole. Fear of the unknown. Thank you for your responses, I appreciate it. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacun Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) If didn't know the subject matter, I would also have "Fear of the unknown". Edited November 4, 2016 by jklcpa fixed for typo/omission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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