Section 13-207 - Disclosure by income tax return preparer prohibited.
§ 13-207. Disclosure by income tax return preparer prohibited.
(a) "Income tax return preparer" defined.- In this section, "income tax return preparer" means a person who:
(1) prepares or helps to prepare federal or State income tax returns for compensation; or
(2) advertises or publicizes that the person prepares or helps to prepare federal or State income tax returns.
(b) Disclosure prohibited.- An income tax return preparer may not disclose any information that the preparer obtains while preparing or helping to prepare a return, unless the disclosure is:
(1) based on the written consent of the taxpayer;
(2) authorized expressly by a law of this State or the federal government;
(3) needed to prepare the return; or
(4) required by a court order.
[An. Code 1957, art. 81, § 302A; 1988, ch. 2, § 1; ch. 569, § 2.]