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Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) User Fee Update; Hearing
The Internal Revenue Service published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on March 26, 2026.
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What the agency says
This document provides a notice of public hearing on the notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-108673-25) published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The notice of proposed rulemaking by cross-reference to the interim final regulations published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, proposed to amend the current regulations to reduce from $11 to $10 the amount of the user fee imposed on tax return preparers to apply for or renew a preparer tax identification number (PTIN) plus an amount payable directly to the third party contractor.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-05896
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking; notice of hearing
- Agency
- Treasury Department; Internal Revenue Service
- Published
- March 26, 2026
- Dates
- The hearing is scheduled to be held on April 24, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The IRS must receive speakers' outlines of the topics to be discussed by April 2, 2026. If no outlines are received by April 2, 2026, the hearing will be cancelled.
- Docket
- REG-108673-25
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1545-BR56
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 26 CFR 300
- Pages
- 2
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