IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman will make recommendations by the end of 2009 for the IRS’s review of the tax return
preparer community. The IRS’s goal is to increase taxpayer compliance and ensure uniform high ethical standards for tax
preparer conduct. Potential recommendations include:

• a new model for the regulation of tax return preparers;
• service and outreach for return preparers;
• return preparer education and training; and
• enforcement for return preparer misconduct.

The IRS held its first of several public meetings scheduled with constituent groups on July 30, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
The second meeting, made up of a governmental panel, was held on September 2, 2009, and featured federal and state
officials.