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The Internal Revenue Service said today that nearly 6,000 of the 13,000 Alabama tax preparers that have registered with the agency must take an IRS competency examination by Dec. 31, 2013, or they will not be able to prepare tax returns for pay.

Only 84 tax preparers in Alabama have passed the competency exam as required by recent regulations and, as a result, have been given the new credential of Registered Tax Return Preparer. Enrolled agents, certified public accountants and attorneys

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