The Internal Revenue Service has awarded Accenture a five-year contract to design, implement, and operate the Return Preparer Registration (RPR) Program according to MarketWatch:
The RPR program is designed to allow the IRS to regulate and improve the quality of the paid tax return preparer community by requiring registration and mandating competency level testing and annual continuing education requirements. The IRS expects that better tracking and qualification of preparers will result in increased taxpayer compliance and more uniform ethical standards of conduct for preparers.
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