The Iraqi War funding bill signed into law on May 25, 2007, created a bigger and more expensive penalty box for your tax preparer. The new legislation, as interpreted by the IRS in its newly issued proposed regulations, says that your CPA, enrolled agent, or other practitioner may sign the preparer line of your tax return only when1

he has a reasonable belief that the tax treatment of each position on the return would more likely than not be sustained ... Log in to view full article.