The Minnesota Department of Revenue yesterday issued a list of problems found with Intuit tax software and what is being doing to correct them. This followed Intuit's announcement it had made available fixes to solve problems with its software that caused the department to warn state residents not to use any of Intuit's four tax packages to prepare and file returns, either via paper or electronically. The state warned that three out of 13 issues might cause delays in refunds.

The Internal Revenue Service his disbarred a Seattle, Wash.-area Enrolled Agent for stealing a client's tax payments and preparing returns with phony deductions for several clients. The Office of Professional Responsibility revoked the EA status of Lorna M. Walker and barred her from preparing federal tax returns for at least five years in a default judgment.

The Minnesota Department of Revenue has warned state taxpayers not to use any of Intuit's tax products for filing returns. The statement issued this weekend applied to paper and efiled returns and covers Intuit's TurboTax, Intuit Online, Lacerte and ProSeries software packages because of issues Intuit had discovered that could affect the accuracy of the returns.