If you have concerns about an abusive tax preparer, you can report him or her to the IRS on using a federal form 14157, Complaint: Tax Return Preparer (downloads as a pdf).

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All of a sudden, when she makes a few too many edits to your monthly report, you might not feel like going out to dinner with her that night.

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