Some tax practitioners believe the trend may also reflect the flurry of tax law changes that has occurred each year since 1981.

But as tax practitioners take a close look at the bill, they see changes very different from what the politicians see.

The Lords ruling was hailed as a landmark by tax practitioners around the country.

Her weekly column is considered "a must-read for tax practitioners."

The company also publishes a variety of books and pamphlets intended for tax practitioners but clearly enough written to be useful to reasonably informed individuals.

Tax law has become so complex that many tax practitioners have had to restudy and relearn almost everything they knew.

When I was a full-time tax practitioner," he said, "I would give general advice to my clients.

We certainly would welcome the suggestions of tax practitioners on ways we could further improve the tax code.

The goal was to streamline training of tax practitioners in the country.

He noted the importance of such training, and said the law would eventually require that all tax practitioners had gone through a full course in taxation.