Survey

More Taxpayers Willing to Confirm ID, Answer More Questions to Combat Tax Fraud - Seite 2

Key findings

1. Consumers understand they have a role to play in combatting tax fraud. They agreed that the IRS, Congress, professional tax preparers, the makers of DIY tax preparation software and taxpayers themselves all have a responsibility to address fraudulent tax filings.
2. Consumers believe that fraudulent returns are most likely to originate from DIY tax preparation software or websites. The percentage of people who believe this grew 14 percentage points from last year (68 percent vs. 54 percent).
3. Consumers who use a professional tax preparer want to know that tax preparers have met minimum training standards. Among the 63 percent of respondents who use a professional tax preparer, 90 percent support requiring tax preparers to meet minimum training standards. This is consistent with last year's findings of 89 percent.
4. Consumers support consistent filing requirements, regardless of how they file their taxes. Eighty-eight percent (88 percent) of all respondents support requiring tax forms and documentation requirements to be the same whether using a professional tax preparer or DIY software/website. That is consistent with last year's finding of 86 percent.
5. Consumers who prepare and file their own tax returns support requiring minimum standards for DIY tax preparation software/websites. Among the 30 percent of respondents who use DIY tax preparation software, 92 percent support requiring DIY tax preparation software/websites to meet minimum standards. This is consistent with last year's findings of 91 percent.

The full survey results for 2014 and 2015 are available by visiting H&R Block's newsroom at http://newsroom.hrblock.com or at the following links:
Consumer Tax Fraud: Sources & Solutions Survey Findings March 2015
Consumer Tax Fraud: Sources & Solutions Survey Findings March 2014

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