surveys & research

first tax filing reports are in

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* total tax returns processed includes returns received in the prior or current year and processed in 2025. # total refunds issued represents refunds for returns received and processed in 2025, which reflects current year returns only. however, the number of direct deposit refunds represents refunds for both current and prior year returns processed in 2025, which makes this figure larger than the “total number of refunds” listed for the current year.

 

refunds are up; everything else is down.

by beth bellor

the first week of tax season is over! cue the applause!

some of you seem less than excited. we know it’s early. all too early.

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still, it’s time to begin our weekly tally of how things are going, starting with 13.2 million individual income tax returns received as of jan. 31, down 14 percent from the same period in 2024. the total returns processed was 11.7 million, down 15.8 percent.
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cut down your tax work in progress

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bonus: it’s cheaper than adding capacity.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

want to increase profitability and client retention? manage projects effectively.

if you don’t have these measures, get them, or turn in your ceo title. if, as a value pricer, you’ve sworn off practice metrics based on productivity, you’ll learn nothing from this article. you just don’t have the numbers. mark cuban is on hold waiting to yell at you.

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there are only three ways to increase client happiness and thus increase retention:

  1. lower your prices
  2. decrease the turnaround time for client work
  3. increase quality

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measure partner potential with five questions

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plus how to read your firm’s cultural blueprint.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

what conclusions can you draw from your knowledge of how the promotion system works in your firm that you need to keep in mind?

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in terms of firm culture, you need to understand the four navigational points of the compass:

  1. who do i need to stay on the right side of?
  2. what are the unwritten rules in my firm?
  3. whose opinions can be trusted?
  4. what really impresses the partners?

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stefan van duyvendijk: develop operational mindset | the disruptors

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don’t just check the boxes. provide benefits.

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stefan van duyvendijk, accounting operations evangelist at floqast, wants accountants in the industry to expand their roles.

in addition to the vital role of providing the basic requirements of accounting, he wants them to develop an operational mindset, as described in the book van duyvendijk co-authored with mike whitmire, ceo of floqast: shift happens: the rise of the operational mindset and how controllers can drive real value. liz farr served as a developmental editor.

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the operational mindset isn’t just about “making sure we make the product, and we move the product, and we get it to people,” but it means taking the discipline accountants already have for optimizing accounting processes and “taking that and applying it to our work and saying, ‘i’m going to track what i do in work. i’m going to measure what i do and work objectively so that i can go in and improve it and change it,’” van duyvendijk explains.  

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make the best use of technology

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two questions to ask when choosing new tools.

by alan anderson, cpa
transforming audit for the future

for years, as i go around firms all across the country, i ask them, “do you honestly feel that you’ve achieved a substantial return on your investment of technology in the audit?” and they tell me, “well, we’re now at three monitors in the field.” i remind them that i didn’t ask about their use of computers and peripherals. every firm is using technology, but few evaluate the return on investment they’re getting.

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i’m a huge believer of embracing technology, but i think we need to think differently about how we use it. in my view, the current state is nothing but tremendous opportunity for all of you to learn what all these new tools, from mindbridge to inflo and everything new that we haven’t even conceived of yet, can do. they all accomplish an objective. it’s just a matter of figuring out which one you want to do, and go and dive in.
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