Update - Get Those Circular 230 Disclaimers Off Your E-mails!

Posted by Lee Reams Sr. on

Seems most practitioners are ignoring the fact that the recent Circular 230 amendments have eliminated the need for the Circular 230 disclosures at the bottom of their e-mails. Karen Hawkins, Director of IRS Office of Professional Responsibility has very strongly suggested that they be removed and the IRS’s chief counsel, William J. Wilkins, backs up that opinion.  Ms. Hawkins indicated that some disclosure might be appropriate but not those using the circular 230 language.

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