hunting the amended return

chart of options
where’s my amended return? irs online self-assistance applications

 

what to tell clients when they ask.

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long, long ago, humans began to use tools. technology began with the sharpened stick and the stone hammer and soon grew into the wheel, the arch, the printing press, electricity, interplanetary transportation, finally reaching a lofty pinnacle known as the “where’s my amended return” tool at the irs.

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today, with a few clicks of a mouse and a few keystrokes of information, a taxpayer can discover virtually nothing about the fate of an amended return. and it takes only a few minutes!
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the irs studebaker bomb

1962 studebaker lark four-door sedan in daytona beach, fl, nov. 28, 2020
1962 studebaker lark four-door sedan in daytona beach, fl, nov. 28, 2020

that ticking you hear is time running out on the irs.

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america is a great nation but not without its occasional embarrassment. one of the lesser-known national ignominies is the patched-up, jury-rigged studebaker at the core of the irs information technology system.

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studebaker didn’t manufacture the individual master file system, but the company was producing the lark at about the same time the imf was installed at the irs in the early 1960s. studebaker has long since gone out of business, and larks are as dead as dinosaurs, but the imf is still chugging away.
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imagine irs ‘concierge’ service. just imagine.

businesswoman arguing while talking on phonewe know you’re shocked.

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here’s an idea: irs concierge service.

don’t laugh! it’s at thing. well … almost a thing. it’s a proposal for a thing, a thing that could happen.

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the notion was born of the taxpayer first act of 2019. the tfa requires the irs to create a comprehensive customer service strategy and present it to congress for approval. part of the current proposal is for a “concierge service” for taxpayers. in this context, “concierge” means “a seamless journey.”
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irs has recruiting problems, too

irs budget cuts lead to staff cuts, even as returns climb.
irs budget cuts lead to staff cuts, even as returns climb.

theirs stem from money woes.

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the irs may a one-of-a-kind organization, with a unique mission, strengths, and weaknesses. but in at least one way, the irs is a lot like many tax and accounting firms.

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the problems, of course, are many. but one rises above all the others:  staff recruitment and retention.

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aicpa taps tom hood, acquires maryland society’s cpe business

hood, top, and brown, bottom, commenting on the news in an macpa video here

hood named executive vice president for business growth and engagement.

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in a move rocking the cpa profession, the association of international certified professional accountants (more commonly known as the aicpa) has hired tom hood, former executive director and ceo of the maryland association of cpas, as executive vice president for business growth and engagement.

hood reports to barry melancon, aicpa ceo since 1995.

in addition to hood’s appointment, the aicpa acquired the business learning institute, the macpa cpe arm, launch by hood in 1999,  and one of the nation’s top 10 cpe providers, with about 400 courses in its catalog. hood will continue as bli’s top executive.

the news carries a number of implications, including:

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