The National Independent Tax Preparers Association (NITPA) defeated a Special Interest Group in Alabama from passing its Senate Bill 201. The Bill's intentions and language allowed for it to directly benefit the Special Group proposing the Bill and allowed the board members to be completely exempt from all rules, fees and sanctions they'd be proposing on Tax Preparers in Alabama. Tax Preparers in Alabama who supported NITPA were not completely opposed to industry enhancements but felt that the licensing board members shouldn't be exempt from the rules they would be imposing on the industry. Senate Bill 201 was poorly drafted without industry insight. NITPA members are uniting throughout Alabama and the U.S. to help create a standardized proposal for the industry.