IRS continues crackdown on tax professionals.

• Position: IRS CRACKDOWN - Internal Revenue Service - Brief Article

Continuing its efforts to beef up enforcement, the IRS has little patience for procrastinating tax professionals.

A recent memo sent by Examination Director K. Steven Burgess to IRS examination area directors in the Small Business/Self Employed Division detailed procedures examination directors can use to deal with tax professionals who delay responding to IRS requests for information during the course of an examination.

Specifically, the memo suggests the use of an administrative summons and reporting the taxpayer...