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Enrolled Agent Exam [Part 3] 18, Returning Client Records
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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- Your primary duty under Circular 230 section 10.28 is to promptly return all client records necessary for tax compliance upon request.
- A fee dispute does not generally relieve you of the responsibility to return a client's records.
- How to distinguish between client-provided records, which must be returned, and practitioner work product, which may be withheld if unpaid.
- The narrow state-law exception that may permit retaining records, but still requires providing reasonable access for copying.
- That you are always permitted to retain copies of any client records you return, at your own expense.
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