Federal · Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

26 U.S.C. § 7407: Action to enjoin tax return preparers

Civil

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This statute authorizes the U.S. government to file a civil lawsuit to stop tax return preparers from engaging in prohibited conduct, including fraud, misrepresentation, or violations of tax penalties.

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A civil action in the name of the United States to enjoin any person who is a tax return preparer from further engaging in any conduct described in subsection (b) or from further acting as a tax return preparer may be commenced at the request of the Secretary. Any action under this section shall be brought in the District Court of the United States for the district in which the tax return preparer resides or has his principal place of business or in which the taxpayer with respect to whose tax return the action is brought resides. The court may exercise its jurisdiction over such action (as provided in section 7402(a)) separate and apart from any other action brought by the United States against such tax return preparer or any taxpayer. engaged in any conduct subject to penalty under section 6694 or 6695, or subject to any criminal penalty provided by this title, misrepresented his eligibility to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, or otherwise misrepresented his experience or education as a tax return preparer, guaranteed the payment of any tax refund or the allowance of any tax credit, or engaged in any other fraudulent or deceptive conduct which substantially interferes with the proper administration of the Internal Revenue laws, and that injunctive relief is appropriate to prevent the recurrence of such conduct,

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