26 CFR § 54.6060-1 - Reporting requirements for tax return preparers.
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title: "26 CFR § 54.6060-1 - Reporting requirements for tax return preparers."
title_number: 26
title_name: "Internal Revenue"
section_number: "54.6060-1"
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: "54"
part_name: "PENSION EXCISE TAXES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "26 U.S.C. 7805, unless otherwise noted."
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# 54.6060-1 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 under Chapter 43 of subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code, other than for the person, at any time during a return period, shall satisfy the record keeping 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 78458, Dec. 22, 2008]