Publisher's Synopsis
Tax return preparers serve a critical role in tax administration and represent an important intermediary between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS processed about 77 million individual electronically filed (e-filed) Federal income tax returns prepared by paid tax return preparers in Calendar Year (CY) 2013. Figure 1 shows the most common types and number of return preparers as of January 3, 2014.
