It is the intent of this chapter to enable consumers to easily identify credible tax preparers who are bonded and registered, to ensure tax preparers receive adequate education and treat confidential information appropriately, to prohibit tax preparers from making fraudulent, untrue, or misleading representations, and to provide for a self-funded nonprofit oversight body to register tax preparers and ensure that they meet all of the requirements of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 660, Sec. 2. (SB 484) Effective January 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 22259.)