Beginning Next Year, The Internal Revenue Service Plans To Start Regulating Paid Tax Preparers, Requiring Them To Register With The Government, Pass Competency Tests, And Adhere To Ethical Standards. Spokesman Dan Boone Said More Than 80 Per Cent Of Taxpayers Use A Paid Tax Preparer Or Tax Software To Complete Their Yearly Returns. Many States Do Not Regulate Tax Preparers Unless They Are Also Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Or Enrolled Agents Who Represent Taxpayers Before The IRS.