{"id":68295,"date":"2019-04-09T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-why-you-should-pay-attention-to-your-tax-preparers-signature\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T08:18:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T12:18:13","slug":"porque-debe-prestar-atencion-a-la-firma-de-su-preparador-de-impuestos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/porque-debe-prestar-atencion-a-la-firma-de-su-preparador-de-impuestos\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Pay Attention to Your Tax Preparer&#8217;s Signature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 9, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; It happens every tax season. Fly-by-night tax preparers who set up tables in shopping centers or rent offices spaces between February and April. They crank out countless tax returns, often touting &#8220;big and fast&#8221; tax refunds. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call them ghost tax preparers because they vanish after tax season. They never stay in one place or sign tax returns making them difficult to track down,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Susie DiMaggio<\/span>, chair of the <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=4259557408&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctec.org%2F&amp;a=California+Tax\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Tax<\/a><\/u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=3528564449&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctec.org%2F&amp;a=%C2%A0\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=4193561230&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctec.org%2F&amp;a=Education+Council+(CTEC)\" rel=\"nofollow\">Education Council (CTEC)<\/a><\/u>, a state-mandated nonprofit organization that manages the registration of more than 40,000 unlicensed tax preparers.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Paid tax preparers are required by law to sign (typed or handwritten) federal and state tax returns they prepare as proof they were retained for work &#8211; a detail ghost tax preparers bank on taxpayers overlooking. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems small, yet it is one of the most important details,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Esperanza Escobedo<\/span>, CRTP and CTEC board member. &#8220;The validity of your tax return is really wrapped around their signature.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how ghost tax preparers work. They print out tax returns for clients, tell them to sign and mail it out. What many taxpayers fail to notice is that instead of a name, the tax return is listed as &#8220;self prepared.&#8221; For electronically filed tax returns, their name is also left out.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other typical scams include\u2026 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Stick a business label on the tax return instead of signing it by name. Clients get the &#8220;label&#8221; copy so it looks as though they &#8220;signed&#8221; it; however, a blank copy without a business label is often filed. <\/li>\n<li>Claim they &#8220;forgot&#8221; to sign the tax return and promise to sign it after payment is received. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> taxpayers should always verify the tax preparer is legally qualified. State law requires anyone who prepares tax returns for a fee to be either an <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=3634838430&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.calbar.ca.gov%2Ffal%2FLicenseeSearch%2FFindLegalHelp&amp;a=attorney\" rel=\"nofollow\">attorney<\/a><\/u>, <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=1390121531&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.dca.ca.gov%2F%3FRD%3DY&amp;a=certified+public+accountant+(CPA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">certified public accountant (CPA)<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=2371534032&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fctec.org%2Fverify&amp;a=CTEC-registered+tax+preparer+(CRTP)\" rel=\"nofollow\">CTEC-registered tax preparer (CRTP)<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=260336496&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Firs.treasury.gov%2Frpo%2Frpo.jsf&amp;a=enrolled+agent+(EA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">enrolled agent (EA)<\/a><\/u>. <\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers can report ghost tax preparers at <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=2289907049&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctec.org%2F&amp;a=ctec.or\" rel=\"nofollow\">ctec.or<\/a><\/u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2424391-1&amp;h=1697969880&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctec.org%2F&amp;a=g\" rel=\"nofollow\">g<\/a>. CTEC is a nonprofit organization established in 1997 by the California State Legislature to protect taxpayers against fraud and incompetent tax preparers. <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  California Tax Education Council<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 9, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; It happens every tax season. Fly-by-night tax preparers who set up tables in shopping centers or rent offices spaces between February and April. They crank out countless tax returns, often touting &#8220;big and fast&#8221; tax refunds. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call them ghost tax preparers because they vanish after tax season. They never stay in one place or sign tax returns making them difficult to track down,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Susie&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}