{"id":281623,"date":"2010-02-05T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T14:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=16429"},"modified":"2010-02-05T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T14:27:10","slug":"better-business-bureau-offers-taxpayers-tips-when-selecting-tax-preparer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/281623","title":{"rendered":"Better Business Bureau offers taxpayers tips when selecting tax preparer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16452\" title=\"tax-preparation-illinois\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/tax-preparation-illinois-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/>The Better Business Bureau is encouraging\u00a0 taxpayers to use caution when selecting tax preparation help.<\/p>\n<p>The group gets complaints every year about tax preparers who\u00a0 made errors, resulting in fines and fees for the taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Bernas is president of the Better Business Bureau serving\u00a0 Chicago and Northern Illinois. <span id=\"more-16429\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He says taxpayer are ultimately responsible for their return&#8217;s accuracy and if it&#8217;s filed on time.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers should get referrals from friends and family and check the BBB Reliability Report on tax preparation services online.<\/p>\n<p>A tax preparer should either be a certified public accountant, a tax attorney or an enrolled agent. It&#8217;s a good sign if the preparer is affiliated with a professional organization with a code of ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a title=\"Group Offers Taxpayers Tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxchicago.com\/dpp\/news\/metro\/apx-Group-Offers-Taxpayers-Tips\"  rel='nofollow'>FOX Chicago News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/K83fjUd4-BunON4cQXBxb1FudMo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/K83fjUd4-BunON4cQXBxb1FudMo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/K83fjUd4-BunON4cQXBxb1FudMo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/K83fjUd4-BunON4cQXBxb1FudMo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=D0_kDNmR4MM:lHUbb-ePdWc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=D0_kDNmR4MM:lHUbb-ePdWc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=D0_kDNmR4MM:lHUbb-ePdWc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=D0_kDNmR4MM:lHUbb-ePdWc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/D0_kDNmR4MM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Better Business Bureau is encouraging\u00a0 taxpayers to use caution when selecting tax preparation help. The group gets complaints every year about tax preparers who\u00a0 made errors, resulting in fines and fees for the taxpayer. Steve Bernas is president of the Better Business Bureau serving\u00a0 Chicago and Northern Illinois. He says taxpayer are ultimately responsible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}