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Home > Money & Services > Taxes   »   Can a CPA represent a client in a court ?

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Old Jul 6, 2008, 09:35 PM
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Can a CPA represent a client in a court ?
Can a CPA represent a client in court, e.g., tax court ?............Does a CPA have any confidentiality, i.e. right of privileged communication, with a client as a lawyer has?.........I heard Congress was considering giving this privilege some years back in a tax reform bill?

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Old Jul 6, 2008, 10:40 PM   #2  
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Yes, attorney, CPA and EA can represent client in a tax court.
Read page 5 who may practice http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/pcir230.pdf

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And, yes, CPAs and enrolled agents DO have a degree of confidentiality that clients and lawyers have always shared.

But it is NOT as comprehensive as lawyer-client privilege.
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And, yes, CPAs and enrolled agents DO have a degree of confidentiality that clients and lawyers have always shared.

But it is NOT as comprehensive as lawyer-client privilege.

Thanks a mil!
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