A. Any person that prepares any state tax returns or reports for an Oklahoma taxpayer, other than the employer of the preparer, for compensation, shall:
1. Set forth the name, identifying number, and address of the preparer on the face of the prepared return or report; and
2. Manually, or by means of a rubber stamp, mechanical device, or computer software program which includes a facsimile of the individual preparer’s signature or printed name, sign and execute the prepared return or report; and
3. Furnish the taxpayer a copy of the prepared return or report and retain a copy of same for a period of three (3) years from the date the prepared return or report was filed or required to be filed, whichever expires the later.
Upon a determination of a violation of this subsection, the preparer shall be subject to a penalty in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) which shall be apportioned as provided for the apportionment of the tax for which the return or report was prepared.
B. Any person that prepares any state tax returns or reports for an Oklahoma taxpayer for compensation is hereby prohibited from endorsing or negotiating the state income tax refund check of the taxpayer. Upon a determination by the Tax Commission that a preparer violated this subsection, a penalty in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be assessed. Said penalty shall be apportioned in the same manner as provided for the apportionment of the state income tax revenues.
C. The penalties imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by any tax laws or civil or criminal laws of this state.
D. When assisting taxpayers in preparing an individual income tax return, tax preparers shall advise their clients of their responsibility to remit use taxes through the use tax remittance line on the individual income tax return or by filing a consumer use tax return.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 275, § 17, emerg. eff. June 24, 1983. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 220, § 11, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 2005, c. 479, § 5, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 412, § 6, eff. July 1, 2010.
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