tax

getting a handle on covid

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views from the front lines: victoria martin, elaine kovner, gary zeune

accountants show new signs of optimism as fears of covid chaos wane.

how to battle the coronavirus recession
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the turning of a terrible tide of covid pessimism has been neither quick nor clear-cut as the endless busy season of 2020 drags on, according to new findings and analysis from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.

more trends in surveys & research: covid crushes cpa business outlook |  is the worst over? 63% of small business say so | beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients | clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down | covid crushes rosey forecasts | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 | feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector | tax season pivots to covid rescue season | planning for the coronavirus recession | how accountants are coping with covid-19 |

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the outlook certainly isn’t back to where it was in the sunny days of february. but hopes for a better year have edged up from 23 percent in april to 27 percent in may.

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avalara launches a.i. tool to streamline tax classifications

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simplifies product classification and taxability determinations.

seattle-based avalara inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, is rolling out an artificial intelligence-based tax classification tool, designed to cut the time spent by avalara avatax users classifying products and taxability.

“the accurate classification of products and services has always been a bottleneck for customers in their tax compliance journey,” said sanjay parthasarathy, chief product officer at avalara. “by harnessing the power of ai and machine learning, we have not only accelerated the classification process by providing a solution that helps users arrive at the right tax classification quickly and efficiently without being a tax expert, but we have also made it more accurate.” read more →

pros filing more returns than diyers

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chart of irs tax return data for the week ending june 5, 2020… in the tax season that never ends.

by beth bellor

bleak but slightly less so.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed | tax pros trail by 908,000 returns
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that’s probably the best way to categorize the trends in the most recent data from the internal revenue service.

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nine keys to success and growth

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put them to work for you.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

what is needed for growth and success?

more: what kind of accountant are you? | covid tests accountants’ entrepreneurial talents | help your clients and yourself | 9 overlooked tax season resources | what’s not to like about tax season? | do your clients feel important?
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all these elements are essential:
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what kind of accountant are you?

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the six personalities that define you, your business, and your future.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

is your practice satisfying?

more: covid tests accountants’ entrepreneurial talents | have you gotten where you wanted yet? | ask this before clients do | more services for your tax clients | can your reviewers answer these 10 questions?
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do you like it the way it is, or do you want it to develop and grow? some people like the way things are and don’t care about change.
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suggested tax resolution client payment guidelines

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remember who you’re dealing with.

by jassen bowman
tax resolution systems

let’s put this right out in the open: your livelihood in the tax resolution business is coming from individuals and businesses that owe money to the government, and, more than likely, are behind on payments to other creditors, also.

more on tax resolution: checklists for tax resolution sales | quoting tax resolution fees | 12 rules for phone calls | don’t ignore your existing leads | the ins and outs of hiring and firing | market to your ideal clients | one-step vs. two-step marketing | tax resolution: a lucrative opportunity
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in order to protect yourself and your firm, it is important to have client payment procedures in place and enforce them so that you don’t do a bunch of work for free or become just another creditor that the taxpayer owes money to.
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covid tests accountants’ entrepreneurial talents

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young black woman sitting in front of laptop looking thoughtfulthree questions to re-set your mindset.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

accountants and tax practitioners are entrepreneurs. maybe now, more than ever.

more: have you gotten where you wanted yet? | 3 questions for determining your value | 41 items to check on business tax returns | keep these tax clients while you have the chance | what makes a good tax season client?
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this means their practice needs to be run as a business with sound business decisions being made.

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is this the firm you really want?

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clean slate with three pieces of colored chalkthis may be the perfect time to imagine starting with a clean slate. bonus: four questions to ask yourself.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

we all get caught up with what we do. sometimes so much that we lose sight of what we are doing and the purpose.

more: 3 questions for determining your value | help your clients and yourself | what’s not to like about tax season? | do your clients feel important? | 4 reasons to push ahead with tax question research | help tax clients help you | bill with the tax return, get paid faster
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also, work happens. many of us start out with lofty plans that go astray as the practice develops. many things cause it – clients we get, availability or lack of availability of the right staff, how we choose to learn or not learn new things, and even where we locate.

now stop for a moment, forget about what you are doing, and fantasize about how you would start a practice from scratch.
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pro tax prep stalls to a crawl amid covid-extended season

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data chartpros hold the margin, but barely.

by beth bellor

new tax filing statistics show only a couple of upticks over last year: diy e-filings and irs website traffic, suggesting tax practitioners have hit the big “pause” button on tax season 2020.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed | tax pros trail by 908,000 returns | tax pro irs filings lag by 532,000
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then again, if you’re in i.t. at the irs, that might not be such happy news.
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clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down

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eckelkamp, neilson, blank: clients late, clients new, clients in need

pandemic cuts profits at 42% of firms, client numbers off at 29%, and revenues down at 38%.

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer
how accountants are managing:
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

like just about every other business in the world, cpa practices are hunkering down for a year of hard times. yet a third of them think they can buck the odds and see some increase this year.

more:  saving 10,000 businesses from the covid crash  | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 [survey results] |  feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector  |  tax season pivots to covid rescue season  |  how accountants are coping with covid-19 |  survey: confronting coronavirus chaos | planning for the coronavirus recession | tax season turns ugly under coronavirus | tax season turns ugly under coronavirus | coronavirus culture-shift hits accounting firms | 41 items to check on business tax returns | tax season funnies: the poetic versions | how to stop drowning in covid tax deadlines [webinar]

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back in the bullish days of february, the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer was reflecting expectations of more clients, burgeoning revenue, and increased profit, with a medium-chance of more extensions.

but these bearish days see most practitioners expecting a year stagnant at best and quite likely worse than stagnant in all benchmarks of success.

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3 questions for determining your value

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handshakehow necessary are you under covid?

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

know your value to your clients. better, understand your business and what you really do and what you add to the client’s life.

more: help your clients and yourself | ask this before clients do | more services for your tax clients | can your reviewers answer these 10 questions? | 5 small leaks that can sink a tax season | one can’t-skip touch for tax season | 3 steps to tax season happiness
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i had a group of gastroenterologists as clients who were going to get into a business of inserting a gastric bubble into people’s stomachs. there were a number of issues to this.
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