IRS reinstates PTIN user fees

July 16, 2020

The IRS has issued final regulations (T.D. 9903) reinstituting fees for obtaining and renewing preparer tax identification numbers (PTINs) for tax return preparers in 2021.

The new PTIN fee is $21 plus a $14.95 fee paid directly to a third party for processing applications and renewals. The fee was $33 before a district court held in 2017 that the IRS was not authorized to charge a fee for PTINs.

The PTIN system provides tax return preparers an identifying number that is not a Social Security number to include on tax returns. Read more.

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