FEATURE 1:

Any tax preparer that works with RC3 Financials will be required to have passed the testing and received a record of completion for the Annual Filing Season Program (AFSP) provided by the IRS. The AFSP is a voluntary program designed to encourage tax return preparers to participate in continuing education (CE) courses. Tax preparers that have completed and passed the testing for the AFSP are listed on the irs.gov website so you can verify them.

The IRS issues an AFSP Record of Completion to return preparers who obtain a certain number of continuing education hours in preparation for a specific tax year.

It may surprise you that no one is required to obtain training or testing of any kind to prepare taxes. The IRS on irs.gov has said that there are over 200,000 tax preparers that have opted not to participate in AFSP.

It may also surprise you that many tax preparation companies, (even very large ones), do not require their employees that are preparing your taxes to have an AFSP Record of Completion.

Ask your tax preparer if they have AFSP – Record of Completion.