25 Jan Paid preparer’s checklist expands to include head-of-household, other tax credit questions

The IRS expanded Form 8867, Paid Preparer’s Due Diligence Checklist, for 2018 individual income tax returns to include questions for both head-of-household filing status and the credit for other dependents. For 2017 tax returns this form needed to be included by the preparer on any Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, that claimed the earned income tax credit, the American opportunity tax credit, and/or the child tax credit. Read more…