tax season

six more ways to fix the irs

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they’ll take some time, but not much money or technowizardry.

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when national tax advocate erin m. collins sat down before the house subcommittee on government operations this april for hearings titled “irs: is it ready?” she spoke truth to power.

she told power that the irs is truly in big trouble.

  • its backlog of unprocessed returns and unanswered mail is unprecedented in the history of the united states.
  • last year its agents answered only 11% of incoming phone calls.
  • its “where’s my refund?” and “where’s my amended return?” online tools often failed to answer either question.

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she also told power an embarrassing truth: there are solutions. they just have to be enacted.

but there’s one other truth: the solutions cost money.
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six quick solutions for irs backlogs

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some reassignments, perhaps?

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editor’s note: this is part i of a series on fixing the irs. part ii will explore medium-term and longer-term solutions. part iii will look at legislative solutions.

everybody gripes about the irs, but nobody does anything about it.

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well, almost nobody. on april 21, america’s national tax advocate, erin m. collins, marched into the house of representatives, sat down before the subcommittee on government operations and told them two things:

  1. what the problems at the irs are, and
  2. what to do about them.

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refocus on year-round best practices

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tax grinds are no reason to stop working on your business.

by ira rosenbloom

cpa firms commonly earn the bulk of their revenue from calendar year-end and personal tax work performed during busy season. during this period, the heavy focus on production for tax season takes too many practices away from strong practice management discipline for considerable blocks of time during the winter crunch and the september 15 and october 15 deadlines. practice management best practices are a 365-day-a-year discipline, and those who work it every day see the difference.

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keeping your business healthy will go a long way toward improving happiness for your team. maintaining these five best practices will also enhance your firm’s succession options, and give you more leverage in m&a.

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accountants agree: the top five ways to fix the irs

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the united states of frustration: schaffer, zulager, toye, devine. (word cloud: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

some suggestions: burn it down and start over. abolish the income tax altogether. privatize it.

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if the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer were a thermometer, it would be popping its mercury with responses to “how would you fix the irs?”

see: irs tops list of busy season problems

we’re getting a lot of comments, many of them scorchingly hot. accountants and tax preparers are not happy with the government agency that their profession depends on more than any other.

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the top five most common recommendations:
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nine tax season resources that get forgotten

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happy family of four outdoors in winter clothing on snowdon’t take these for granted.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

we have many resources and need to recognize that. and we need to treat each with its own importance. even if you did everything yourself, you’d still need to rely on your tax software company, fedex and the postal service, stationery supplier, computer consultant, the internet and email, cell phone provider and copier/scanner machine. and that’s just a few of the resources we rely on. managing your resources well creates an aura of security and consistency to your practice.

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but there more. and they are often overlooked. or taken for granted. here are some more resources that need to be managed:
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