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Practice Of Taxation: Accountants Vs. Attorneys, Orville J. Weaver
Practice Of Taxation: Accountants Vs. Attorneys, Orville J. Weaver
Cleveland State Law Review
What constitutes the illegal or unauthorized practice of law by accountants in their tax practice? The popular conception of the practice of law is the appearance in courts by attorneys. This may be a very small part of the average attorney's law practice. he spends most of his time in determining his clients' legal problems other than in court. So the unauthorized practice of law concerns itself with activities of persons, other than lawyers, who give legal advice to clients in connection with the practice of their professions. Accountants have prepared federal income tax returns, and returns for various state …