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pros end tax season filing 53% of returns

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in sheer numbers, they fared the same as last year.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the april 18 deadline for individual income tax returns came and went, leaving a scattering of negative figures in its wake. the largest ones had dollar signs attached: average refunds down nearly 9 percent, total refunds down 11 percent.

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the internal revenue service received 137.1 million returns, down 1.3 percent from 2022, according to data released for the week ending april 21. it processed 134.7 million returns, up 0.7 percent – the only positive in our report.
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pros filing 54% of individual tax returns

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data tabletotal refunds down 10 percent.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

with 11 days to go in the tax season, the internal revenue service was seeing red. only two of its weekly data points were on the plus side, and those at less than 1 percent.

more: average tax refunds down 10% | tax pro e-filings up 3% | pros handle 45% of income tax returns | irs processing returns as fast as it gets them | only 39% of tax returns filed by pros | tax season opens with refunds up 85%
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the irs received 101.3 million individual income tax returns as of april 7, the latest data available. that’s down 1.9 percent from the same period in 2022.
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clientele and revenues rising, but …

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… is expansion cutting into profits?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

client rosters, revenue and profits all seem to be rising, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer – and rising more than expected.

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most impressive, and curious, is the radical rise in numbers of clients. for 22 percent of respondents, clientele has expanded by more than 10 percent. another 43 percent have seen increases of 5 to 10 percent. only 13 percent have seen any significant decrease.
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have no fear, april is here

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most early fears were unfounded. but not all of them.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the 2023 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy barometer has detected a clear sign that this year’s tax season is working out better than expected … or should we say better than feared?

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comparing the barometer’s early results with those near the end of the season, we see that the fears of many practitioners were unwarranted. the fears of february are quite different from the experiences of march.
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