points by dghlsakjg 1 day ago | 0 comments
From the IRS' point of view, the tax-payer is responsible for paying all of it. You can then turn around and sue to recover any of the fees/fines or penalties incurred as a result of an error made by the accountant, not the actual taxes though.
[–] ThunderSizzle 1 day ago
[–] dghlsakjg 16 hours ago
You can - literally - have the same government force the negligent CPA pay via the judiciary. That’s what a lawsuit is.
Normally it doesn’t get to that point though. CPAs do not want to be known as the person that misfiled taxes and got a court to rule them negligent. They carry insurance for errors so mostly just end up queitly making it right when there is an error.
[–] inemesitaffia 1 day ago
I believe it's a global thing.
In some jurisdictions, it may help with criminal but not civil liability.
Seems like simplify or just erradicting the tax code would be more just at this point.