Surgent Offers Tax Preparers Rare, Free Chance to Hear from an IRS Special Agent

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Director Jack Surgent's fascinating talk with IRS Criminal Investigations Unit Special Agent in Charge Jack Larsen is available now for free, Surgent Professional Education reports

With tax season coming, Surgent Professional Education offers preparers a rare insider's look at a day in the life of an IRS Criminal Investigations Agent, entirely for free. Completion of the free cpe course also grants one credit of nationally recognized Basic-level continuing professional education and will help professionals better recognize and avoid common irs fraud risks.

As a leading professional education provider, Surgent makes it easy and convenient to keep up with cpe online by offering a full range of self-study courses, live webinars, and cpe packages. The new self-study course represents an uncommon opportunity, both with regard to hearing directly from an experienced IRS Criminal Investigations Special Agent and being available to all without charge. The new course is online now at the Surgent Professional Education website, where visitors can learn about the company's many other offerings.

"As every tax preparer knows, fraud is something that the Internal Revenue Service takes very seriously," said Surgent representative Lisa Hobart, "Our own Jack Surgent was able to speak at length with Jon Larsen, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS Criminal Investigations Unit for New Jersey, about this and other issues. The result is a truly special CPE course that we are thrilled to be able to offer for free to everyone. In addition to providing a fascinating look at a domain that often seems shrouded in mystery, the course is also an especially interesting way to earn a Basic CPE credit nationwide."

Although innocent mistakes are by far more common, outright tax fraud is a continuing problem that the IRS strives to counter in many different ways. In fiscal year 2016 alone, for example, the agency investigated over 250 tax preparers it suspected of abuses, according to its own reckoning, eventually sending nearly 150 of these to prison with an average sentence of 22 months.

While the vast majority of the nation's tax preparers seek to live up to all the relevant laws while providing a valuable service to their clients, understanding how those at the IRS think about and react to fraud and other issues can be helpful. Toward that end, Surgent Professional Education Chairman Jack Surgent sat down with Special Agent in Charge Jon Larsen to help CPAs and others understand just what the IRS Criminal Investigations Unit does and deals with on a daily basis.

The resulting online self-study course is now available for free at the Surgent website. As with other Surgent courses, the one-credit, on-demand webcast is accepted as valid CPE in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

About Surgent Professional Education:
A leader in the field of continuing professional education for over 30 years, Surgent provides a huge range of cpe courses in many different formats that bring students up to date with the latest developments, technologies, and regulations. Surgent also features a cpa review course aimed at helping students pass the cpa exam faster.

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