e-News for Tax Professionals Issue 2012-40

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Issue Number:  2012-40

Inside This Issue

1. IRS Seeks Applications for Advisory Committee for the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division
2. Seminars from the 2012 Forums Now Available at IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online
3. Get Details about the Registered Tax Return Preparer Test
4. IRS Clarifies Temporary ITIN Application Requirements for Certain Noncitizens, Many Foreign Students
5. YouTube: Oct. 15, Tax Deadline
6. Electronic Management System Columbus Day Power Outage
7. Tax Relief for Victims of Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana and Mississippi

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking applications for vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). The committee provides a venue for public input on relevant areas of tax administration.

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The IRS today reminds tax professionals that they can earn continuing professional education credits online through seminars filmed at the 2012 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums. The 15 self-study seminars are now available on the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online (NTFO). Self-study seminars provide information to students using interactive videos, PowerPoint slides and transcripts.

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Join the Oct. 31 IRS Live broadcast for the latest information from the Return Preparer Office about the RTRP test.

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On Oct. 2, the IRS implemented clarifying changes to its temporary procedures for issuing ITINs for noncitizens with tax extensions and many foreign students.

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If your clients asked for an extension to file their 2011 tax returns, the IRS reminds you that the deadline is Oct. 15, in this YouTube video.

Watch this and other videos on the IRS YouTube Channel.

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The Electronic Management System  (EMS), located at the Enterprise Computing Center in Martinsburg, W. Va., will be unavailable from Saturday Oct. 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET through Tuesday Oct. 9 at 5:00 a.m. ET.

This will affect individual, business and state returns processed on the EMS located in Martinsburg.

Also, drains will not occur on Monday Oct. 8 at Martinsburg or Memphis. Normal processing will resume Tuesday Oct. 9 at 5:00 a.m.

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Additional areas have been added to the Louisiana and Mississippi disaster zones.

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