(50 ILCS 355/10-25)
    Sec. 10-25. Practitioner responsibilities. Any practitioner responsible for planning, directing, or conducting a certified audit or reporting on a participating taxpayer's tax compliance shall be a qualified practitioner. For purposes of this Section, a qualified practitioner is responsible for:
        (1) planning a certified audit when performing work
    
that involves determining the objectives, scope, and methodology of the certified audit, when establishing criteria to evaluate matters subject to the review as part of the certified audit, when gathering information used in planning the certified audit, or when coordinating the certified audit with the Department;
        (2) directing a certified audit when the work
    
involves supervising the efforts or reviewing the work of others to determine whether it is properly accomplished and complete;
        (3) conducting a certified audit when performing
    
tests and procedures or field audit work necessary to accomplish the audit objectives in accordance with applicable professional standards;
        (4) reporting on a participating taxpayer's tax
    
compliance in a certified audit when determining report contents and substance or reviewing reports for technical content and substance prior to issuance; and
        (5) answering questions by Department review staff,
    
answering questions raised by the Informal Conference Board, and testifying in any administrative or court proceeding regarding the audit or report.
(Source: P.A. 101-628, eff. 6-1-20.)