Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 3/12/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4381

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4381 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Accounting Act is amended
5by adding Section 30.9 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 450/30.9 new)
7    Sec. 30.9. Tax return preparation task force. The
8Department shall convene a task force consisting of 7 members,
9one of whom shall be appointed by the Secretary and be a
10representative of the Department; one of whom shall be
11appointed by the Secretary and be a representative of a
12statewide association representing CPAs; one of whom shall be
13appointed by the Secretary and be an enrolled agent or
14representative of the tax return preparation industry; one of
15whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
16Representatives; one of whom shall be appointed by the

 

 

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1President of the Senate; one of whom shall be appointed by the
2Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and one of
3whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
4The task force shall prepare a report that does the following:
5determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating
6commercial tax return preparers; addresses the appropriate
7qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum
8educational qualifications and continuing educational
9requirements for commercial tax return preparers; and
10considers any other matters the task force determines to be
11necessary or appropriate. The task force shall meet no less
12than 3 times before the end of the year in which this
13amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly becomes effective.
14The report required under this Section shall be submitted by no
15later than December 1, 2014 to the Secretary, the Governor, and
16the General Assembly. Members of the task force shall receive
17no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses
18necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
19    This Section is repealed on December 1, 2015.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.".