IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility Announces Practitioner Disciplinary Sanctions

The Internal Revenue Service Office of Professional Responsibility in Announcement 2014-26 named practitioners subject to recent disciplinary actions and the specific misconduct involved in each case.

The announcement, scheduled for publication June 23 in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2014-26, lists attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, enrolled retirement plan agents and appraisers—professionals subject to the rules of Circular 230—sanctioned by OPR, along with the effective dates of the disciplinary actions described.

The IRS said disbarment or suspension from practice, censure and monetary penalties are among the sanctions to be imposed for violation of the rules.

OPR’s periodic disciplinary sanction ...