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Maryland Taxpayer Alert! - Make Sure Your Tax Preparer is Qualified - Individual Tax Preparers
Beware of tax preparer scams! Use only qualified tax professionals such as:
At your first meeting with the tax preparer and before the tax preparer renders services for you, ask the tax preparer to give you a written statement that declares:
If you believe that you have been the victim of misconduct by a tax preparer, you may file a complaint with the Board.
Before hiring a tax preparer, contact the Board at 410-230-6257 to determine if the preparer is subject to the registration requirement.
Phishing Scams
Please note that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information. This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels.
If you get an unsolicited email that appears to be from the IRS, please report it by sending it to phishing@irs.gov.
For more information on phishing scams, please see Suspicious e-Mails and Identity Theft.
Maryland Taxpayer Alert! - Make Sure Your Tax Preparer is Qualified - Individual Tax Preparers
Beware of tax preparer scams! Use only qualified tax professionals such as:
- Maryland Registered Tax Preparers;
- Actively licensed certified public accountants - CPA License Search and CPA Verify;
- IRS enrolled agents;
- Attorneys in good standing.
- Theft of refund
- Alteration of tax return documents
- Filing a return without taxpayer consent
- Falsifying income to generate a larger refund
- Falsifying exemptions or dependent information to generate a larger refund
- Falsifying expenses, deductions, or credits to generate a larger refund
- Using an incorrect filing status to generate a larger refund
At your first meeting with the tax preparer and before the tax preparer renders services for you, ask the tax preparer to give you a written statement that declares:
- the individual tax preparer’s name, address, and telephone number;
- that the individual tax preparer is not a certified public accountant, an enrolled agent, or a tax attorney;
- services that the individual tax preparer is qualified to provide; and
- the individual tax preparer’s education and training, including examinations taken and successfully passed.
If you believe that you have been the victim of misconduct by a tax preparer, you may file a complaint with the Board.
Before hiring a tax preparer, contact the Board at 410-230-6257 to determine if the preparer is subject to the registration requirement.
Phishing Scams
Please note that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information. This includes any type of electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels.
If you get an unsolicited email that appears to be from the IRS, please report it by sending it to phishing@irs.gov.
- If you find a suspicious website that claims to be the IRS, please send the site’s URL by email to phishing@irs.gov, using the subject line: suspicious website.
For more information on phishing scams, please see Suspicious e-Mails and Identity Theft.