173% increase in irs correspondence backlog

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we all know how the irs works. they send a letter to a possibly delinquent taxpayer who, in quivering fear, returns a response that is slipped through the mail slot in the irs door, where it falls into a shredder that feeds into a massive onsite incinerator. the letter’s ashen remains are then loaded onto a rocket and shot toward alpha centauri, never to be seen again.

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actually, that’s not entirely true. in 2019, irs compliance services collection operations managed to respond to 25 percent of its “inventory” of taxpayer delinquent account correspondence. the other 75 percent was considered “over-aged” after not being dealt with within 45 days of receipt.
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the irs’s $3-billion problem

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92% of paper returns stuck in the backlog.

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tax preparers would be wise to advise their clients to e-file this year. according to the government accountability office and the taxpayer advocate service, the irs is not keeping up with paper returns.

in fact, it seems to be barely trying.

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the covid-19 pandemic is only part of the problem. yes, of course, last year, with irs offices shuttered and phones shut down for months, a backlog built up. by the end of the year, “irs had a significant backlog of returns and taxpayer correspondence,” according to the gao.
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hunker down: the irs backlog isn’t going away anytime soon

the bottom line: for every dollar in new funding, the irs could be collecting 10 times that. 

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irs commissioner charles rettig says the backlog of millions of returns will remain unresolved for months more.

//www.g005e.com/?p=82486“we would hope to be through this backlog by the summer,” rettig told house ways and means oversight subcommittee chairman bill pascrell, who said 24 million returns are jammed in the irs pileup. rettig countered with 2.4 million, the number of individual returns.

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his testimony came a day after the government announced it would extend the filing deadline from april 15 to may 17, with crucial details still to be determined. the new rules sent tax software companies rushing to push out updates and left accountants and their clients in limbo. and, he said the delay in the tax-filing deadline could postpone the launch of a new monthly child tax credit payment program,

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another tax season from hell?

tax-pro efiling lags 40%. new due date: may 17. details to come.

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the irs is reporting that efiling is running 30 percent behind last year’s rate, with diy’ers down by 22 percent and tax professionals trailing year-ago by 39.7 percent for the week ended feb. 19.

and tax-pro market share of all efiling has slipped to 38 percent, down from 44 percent the last time we checked.

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meanwhile, treasury and the irs announced that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from april 15 to may 17. the irs promised to provide details “in the coming days.”

among the accountants reporting more problems this year, the comments are stark:
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trullion: new a.i. startup targets rev rec, lease accounting

founder and ceo isaac heller seeks to be “single source of truth” for lenders.

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on the even of trullion breaking out of stealth mode, ceo and co-founder isaac heller tells 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 in this video interview how the new fintech company can automate the process of lease accounting to establish a cost-effective, functional view of contract data for auditors accounting firms and cfos alike.

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formerly known as smrt, the trullion platform automates unstructured data such as pdfs and translates them into real-time financial reports, including lease accounting and revenue recognition.

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