tax season

judge reviewers by how tax preparers improve

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businesspeople discussing chartsalso: eight kinds of staff you don’t want.

by ed mendlowitz
how to review tax returns: the field-tested update

reviewers have to face accountability. they are judged several ways, but i feel the best way is not with a metric but by how the quality of the preparers improve during tax season and how the workload is managed.

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yes, the reviewers are responsible for the preparers’ quality. the reviewers are expected to find errors and show the preparer what they are, how to fix it and to not have them reoccur. and this should be done quickly by not letting prepared returns hang around unchecked for a while. the quicker the turnaround time, the easier and better the training and better all-around job by everyone.
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can’t irs tax pro accounts do more?

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profile of man shouting tax and other, starred-out wordsof course it can. here are five recommendations.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

in 2021, the irs rolled out its tax pro account program, a relatively quick response to the complications brought down by covid-19, not to mention the years of dwindling service brought down by congressional budget cuts.

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the purpose of tax pro accounts is to allow practitioners to perform basic services online for their clients.

unfortunately, the services enabled by the program were and still are rather limited. many of the services that individual taxpayers themselves can access online are not available to their tax accountants.
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hello? irs? anybody home?

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pulling people off the phones: not helpful.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the latest results from the 2023 cpatrendlines busy season barometer showed a significant shift in practitioners’ main concern this year. it used to be “late or unprepared clients.”

more: taxpayer assistance centers need upgrade | on business outlook, cpas are confident … and concerned | at the irs, short on staff means short on service | tax pros offer advice for small businesses | busy season barometer finds many cpas in transition | more cpas see worsening economy | has early tax season optimism peaked? | marchternity: just say ‘no’
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now “irs operations” has surged to first place, cited by 53 percent of respondents.

ouch, right? the agency charged with collecting taxes is the biggest problem for those who file tax returns for a living.
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pros handle 45% of income tax returns

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data tablerefunds down by double digits.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

tax season 2023 has been consistent. refunds are down, and so are self-prepared filings and irs.gov visits. by every other marker, though, business is as usual or better.

more: on business outlook, cpas are confident … and concerned | at the irs, short on staff means short on service | more cpas see worsening economy | marchternity: the solution is community |
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as of feb. 24, the latest data available, the irs had received 46 million individual income tax returns, up 1.3 percent from the same period in 2022. it had processed 45.7 million returns, up 4.3 percent.

we always like to see processing go quickly, and the agency is speeding through returns right now at a clip of 99.4 percent.

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