trend watch: services are down across the board, with exception to tax planning and business consulting. audit services rose considerably, likely because of greater participation from partners in this survey.
this seems to be a low priority.
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trend watch: increased partner involvement, managing partner and partner is up, professional staff and sole practitioner is down.
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the accounting profession is looking strong, according to the last data available from 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research. job sectors that showed decline were all below the 1 percent mark, and high points included hourly earnings both overall and for payroll staff.
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even as staffing growth hits the skids.
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employment growth in the accounting profession is flattening in many segments, and downright sliding from last year among staffers and in tax prep offices.
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at the same time, hourly earnings are hitting new highs in several spots.
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self-preparers make gains of their own, but there are still new clients to be had.
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average refunds remain positive even as totals are in the red.
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more work, more clients, more fees, more profits. so who’s complaining?
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despite beginning in chaos and uncertainty with the biggest tax-law change in three decades, busy season 2018 may go down as a banner year in the books for the tax profession – one of the best ever, according to the annual 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.
kathy j. scroggs, of scroggs & associates in montecito, calif., says, “my team is working like a well-tuned grand piano.”
almost half of all cpas report a busy season better than last year, with more work and higher profits. additionally, two-thirds cite gains in revenue and in the number of clients.
one tax practitioner, reporting a “much better year,” is riding a wave of shifting clientele. “i’m having more people coming in to prepare and use e-file, more than last year,” he tells 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间, “especially new business owners opening llcs.”
accounting case settlement size declines.
securities class action filings containing accounting allegations rose to unprecedented levels in 2017, according to a new research report.
there were a record 165 accounting filings during 2017, nearly twice the 88 filed in 2016.
refunds remained down in number and total amount.
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with 11 days left in the busy season, the pros were struggling to keep their share of e-filings.
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as of april 6, the latest data available, the irs had received 103.8 million individual income tax returns, up 0.1 percent from the same period the previous year. it had processed 101.1 million of them, also up 0.1 percent.
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