survey: merger? maybe
nearly half of firms say they’re thinking about it.
by randy johnston and brian tankersley
the accounting firm operations and technology survey
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pros process 44% of tax e-filings
refunds top the $100 billion mark.
by beth bellor
with the traditional tax filing deadline back in place, it’s a good thing that the gaps between 2020 and 2021 data points are closing more each week.
more: tax professionals report tough slogging | busy season 2021 gets off to weak start
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the irs had received 55.7 million individual income tax returns as of march 5, the latest data available. this was down 18.1 percent from the same calendar week in 2020, but not an apples-to-apples comparison because the 2021 tax season began 18 days later. it had processed 49 million returns, down 24.7 percent, pegging the current processing rate at 87.9 percent.
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six ways to make your own history during women’s history month
most of them are easier than you might think.
add your voice to comments: what’s working for women in the profession? and what needs more attention (especially this year when issues like this get pushed to the lowest priority)?
by sandi leyva
did international women’s day come and go again in your firm without much fanfare? that’s ok because you have the entire month of march to not only celebrate women’s history month but also to make some history of your own.
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here are several ideas you can implement immediately that will each take one small step toward advancing women.
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the managing partner’s role in managing staff
14 keys. yes, they’re all important.
by marc rosenberg
the role of the managing partner
we have shared the most important parts of overall cpa firm management and the main duties of the managing partner in particular.
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we presented a job description for a managing partner. depending on the day of the week and the makeup of the group discussing this job description, several items would be finalists for the most important duty on the list. few would argue if the winner of that competition were managing staff. here is the managing partner job description item pertaining to staff:
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the irs studebaker bomb
that ticking you hear is time running out on the irs.
by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
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.
more: irs ‘level of service’ too low | irs has recruiting problems, too
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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