26 CFR § 40.6060-1 - Reporting requirements for tax return preparers.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t26/s40.6060-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "26 CFR § 40.6060-1 - Reporting requirements for tax return preparers."
title_number: 26
title_name: "Internal Revenue"
section_number: "40.6060-1"
section_name: "Reporting requirements for tax return preparers."
chapter_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS EXCISE TAXES"
part_number: "40"
part_name: "EXCISE TAX PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 7805."
regulatory_source: "T.D. 8442, 57 FR 48177, Oct. 22, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "40"
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# 40.6060-1 Reporting requirements for tax return preparers.
(a) *In general.* A person that employs one or more tax return preparers to prepare a return or claim for refund of any tax to which this part 40 applies other than for the person, at any time during a return period, shall satisfy the recordkeeping and inspection requirements in the manner stated in § 1.6060-1 of this chapter.
(b) *Effective/applicability date.* This section is applicable to returns and claims for refund filed after December 31, 2008.
[T.D. 9436, 73 FR 78454, Dec. 22, 2008; 74 FR 5105, Jan. 29, 2009]