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busy season 2018: how good can it get?

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more work, more clients, more fees, more profits. so who’s complaining?

by rick telberg
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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.

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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.”

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diyers outpace pros in e-filing growth rate

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chart of irs filing data for week ending april 6, 2018refunds remained down in number and total amount.

by beth bellor
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with 11 days left in the busy season, the pros were struggling to keep their share of e-filings.

more on tax season: pros filing 55% of e-returns | percentages don’t tell whole irs filing story | tax pros keep edge in e-filings | david bergstein on tax season | 10-step sec. 199a deduction checklist for tax practitioners | tax accountants fill the breach of a failing irs
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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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