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preparer

[ pri-pair-er ]

noun

  1. someone who puts something into the proper condition or state of readiness:

    Consult with a tax preparer to ensure that you take advantage of any state or federal tax credits that may be available.

  2. someone who makes, compiles, or creates something:

    As a CIA analyst assigned to the White House, he served as the chair of several intelligence committees and was the preparer of the President's daily brief.

    After handling raw poultry, food preparers must wash their hands thoroughly to avoid transmitting disease-causing bacteria.



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The most common situation, according to tax preparers and attorneys, occurs when either a check is cashed but doesn’t get applied to the taxpayer’s account, or a return is processed while the check sits unopened in a separate pile of mail.

When that happens, the tax preparer often gives the IRS a back account to route the fee and the client’s back account for the rest of the refund.

He is such a workaholic type of preparer that I see him being successful for years to come.

Under a new program unveiled on Wednesday called “On Zoom,” the company will allow anyone from a yoga teacher to a speech therapist to a tax preparer to set up sessions on the service and charge attendees.

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Gómez told the paper the errors were the fault of her tax preparer and that she plans to file amended paperwork.

Intuit argues that allowing the IRS to act as a tax preparer could result in taxpayers paying more money.

McCain, however, had not been an eager preparer for the debates—one top adviser called his rehearsal preparations "a mess."

Etext preparer's note: This text was first published anonymously in 1886.

The preparer takes full responsibility for his choice of arrangement.

The turtle soup, flavoured with aromatic herbs, often gained well-merited praises for its preparer, Neb.

Queerly enough, it was the great preparer, Darwin, who helped her at the last.

The woman was the gatherer of the seeds, the preparer of the food, the care-taker of the children.

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