There’s been lots of buzz lately about the push to register and regulate tax preparers.

Now, the IRS wants you to know the latest.

The agency will be broadcasting a webinar titled “New Requirements for Federal Tax Return Preparers: Learn the Who, What, When and How” at 2 p.m. Eastern on June 9. Presented by the IRS’s Small Business / Self-Employed Division, the webinar will offer guidance on preparer tax identification numbers (or PTINs), tax preparer registration, the IRS’s e-file mandate, competency testing and continuing education, and tax compliance verification checks for preparers.

The webinar is free for all paid tax return preparers.

Get further details and register here, then check out these related resources:

• IRS seeks to regulate tax preparers; CPAs excluded
• NY exempts CPAs from tax preparer registration
• Should tax preparers be licensed? IRS considering it
• Check out our schedule of MACPA tax programs.