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Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) maintain a license through the state, requiring continuing education, implement federally mandated security standards, and uphold ethical standards set by the AICPA.
Tax Service Terms and Conditions
We restrict the right to request payment prior to filing your tax returns.
Inquiries for recurring clients may be answered as a courtesy; clients should expect to pay for time, knowledge and experience shared.
J.Salem CPA and staff adhere to the quality standards of the AICPA and California State Board of Accounting, including maintaining an ethical environment and protecting resources and information security, during processes of engagement and monitoring and remediation.
J.Salem CPA does not share any client information obtained online with any third party provider. Potential clients will be contacted no more than twice without further requests by potential clients.
Accounting firms are privy to client Personal Identifiable Information (PII). J.Salem CPA addresses the responsibility of maintaining the security and confidentiality of PII received by the Firm in a Written Information Security Plan (WISP), per the requirements set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. The WISP sets forth our procedure for protecting PII against threats or hazards to security, and prevent unauthorized access or use of PII in a manner that create substantial risk of Identity Theft or Fraud by evaluating our electronic and physical methods of accessing, collecting, storing, using, transmitting, and protecting PII retained.
IRS Resources
To authorize contact with the IRS, please complete the Form 2848 for each tax payer and each business entity if required. If you have an individual account with the IRS, a CPA can initiate this form online.
The best way to get answers from the IRS is to create an online account.
You can
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see your balance,
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order transcripts,
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make payments, and
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approve a Power of Attorney request.