by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 15, 2026 | Tax Updates
SEO Title: Service Bureau Infrastructure for EROs: The Ultimate GuideSlug: service-bureau-infrastructure-ero-guideExcerpt: Learn how to scale your tax business using a Service Bureau model. Discover infrastructure requirements, EFIN management, and revenue growth...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 15, 2026 | Tax Updates
Starting a tax business sounds exciting: until you hit the EFIN application process. The IRS wants fingerprints, credit checks, background screening, and weeks of waiting. For new preparers, this feels like a roadblock before you've even filed your first return....
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 14, 2026 | Tax Updates
The 2026 filing season started on January 27. If your PTIN expired on December 31, 2025, and you haven't renewed yet, you need to do this now. You can't legally prepare tax returns without an active PTIN. The IRS added ID.me verification to the PTIN renewal...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 14, 2026 | Tax Updates
Gig economy clients are everywhere. Uber drivers, Etsy sellers, DoorDash couriers, freelance designers. They show up at your door with a shoebox of receipts, panic in their eyes, and a Form 1099-K they don't understand. The $600 reporting threshold changed...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 14, 2026 | Tax Updates
SEO Title: Success Secrets for ERO Operations | TIG Tax Pros GuideSlug: ero-operations-success-secrets-guideExcerpt: Master the complexities of being an Electronic Return Originator. Learn the secrets to scaling your tax business, ensuring compliance, and optimizing...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 14, 2026 | Tax Updates
SEO Title: The Ultimate Guide to ERO Operations: Succeed in 2026Slug: ultimate-guide-ero-operations-2026Excerpt: Master IRS ERO operations in 2026. Learn compliance, e-filing standards, and how to scale your Ohio tax business with TIG Tax Pros professional...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 14, 2026 | Tax Updates
The 2026 tax brackets are here. Same seven rates. Higher thresholds. Your clients will ask about them this week. This guide breaks down what changed, how to explain it, and which client questions to expect. What Actually Changed The IRS adjusted the 2026 tax brackets...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 13, 2026 | Tax Updates
Starting a tax practice in 2026 without an EFIN doesn't mean you're stuck paper-filing everything. Service bureaus offer a straightforward path to e-file client returns without jumping through the IRS's Electronic Filing Identification Number hoops...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 13, 2026 | Tax Updates
The short answer is yes. You can start a tax practice without an EFIN. The real question is whether you want to. What an EFIN Actually Does An Electronic Filing Identification Number allows you to submit tax returns electronically to the IRS. That's it. If you...
by TIG Tax Pros | Mar 13, 2026 | Tax Updates
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