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Good Morning All:
FYI
This week, the IRS has began sending expiration letters to people who have not renewed their PTIN for 2014. The notification will go to 100,000+ people (which is not unusual and approximately the same number as the past couple of years).
The letters will be placed in the PTIN holder's online secure mailbox within their PTIN account. They will receive an email telling them their PTIN has expired and to check their mailbox for more info. An example of the letter is attached. (The letter will be mailed to those people who file by paper and do not have an online account, which is less than 5% of PTIN holders.)
Even after a person's PTIN has expired, they can still renew online (or by paper). We continue processing renewals throughout the year.
To date, 554,000 people have renewed 2013 PTINs for 2014. And 56,000 people have registered for new PTINs for 2014.
Please share this information with tax professional peers.
If you have questions, feel free to contact me.
Linda Henson
Senior Stakeholder Liaison
IRS/ Small Business-Self Employed Div.
2 Metrotech Center at 100 Myrtle Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Desk # (718) 834-3520
Cell # (713) 823-4810
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Donald Ingram
CPA
DONALD INGRAM, CPA
Plainview NY
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