Title 6, TITLE 6. TAXATION

information with Internal Revenue Service; other states Sec. 10. The department may establish formal and regular communication protocols with the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to share and exchange PTIN information for income tax return preparers who are suspected …

Sec. 11. The department may adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. As added by P.L.212-2018(ss), SEC.29.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "income tax return preparer" means any of the following: (1) A person who prepares ten (10) or more income tax returns for compensation in a calendar year. (2) A person who employs one (1) or more persons to prepare ten (10) or more income tax…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "PTIN" means the preparer tax identification number that the Internal Revenue Service issues to identify tax return preparers under 26 U.S.C. 6109. As added by P.L.212-2018(ss), SEC.29. IC 6-8.1-17-4 Preparation of income tax returns; substantial …

the return Sec. 5. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018, an income tax return preparer may not provide tax preparation services for income tax returns unless the income tax return preparer provides a PTIN when the income tax return preparer submits an income tax re…

on any return Sec. 6. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018, the department shall require each income tax return preparer to include the income tax return preparer's PTIN on any income tax return that the income tax return preparer prepares and files with the depart…

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the department may impose on any income tax return preparer who violates this chapter by failing to provide the income tax return preparer's PTIN a penalty of fifty dollars ($…

using PTINs Sec. 8. The department may develop and by rule implement a program using PTINs as an oversight mechanism to assess returns to identify high error rates, patterns of suspected fraud, and unsubstantiated basis for tax positions by income tax return preparers. As added b…

tax returns; hearing; judicial review Sec. 9. (a) The department: (1) may investigate the actions of any income tax return preparer filing income tax returns; and (2) after a hearing, may bar or suspend an income tax return preparer from filing returns with the department for goo…