AL HJR24

Recognizes February 15, 2016, as Enrolled Agent Day in Alabama.

Acknowledges that over 150 million individual income tax returns and 11 million business income tax returns are filed annually in the United States, with over 82 million prepared by tax professionals.

Notes that tax refund fraud is projected to reach $21 billion by 2016, and tax evasion exceeds $300 billion annually in the United States.

States that enrolled agents are the only federally licensed tax professionals whose credentials rely exclusively on knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code and who have unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service.

Urges Alabama citizens to acknowledge and recognize the designation of Enrolled Agent Day.