tax season

tax refunds up about 4%

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visits to irs.gov top half a billion.

by beth bellor
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the tax season has overcome its later start, with all the irs’ weekly markers surpassing 2023 figures except for the total numbers of refunds and direct deposit refunds.

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as of april 12, the latest data available, the agency had received 119.6 million individual income tax returns, up 1.9 percent from the same period one year ago. it had processed 118.1 million returns, up 1.7 percent.
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tax refund numbers down, amounts up

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tax pros handled 54% of e-filings.

by beth bellor
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more than 100,000 individual income tax returns have flowed in and out of the internal revenue service, and for the most part, we’re slightly ahead of the 2023 season.

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with 10 days before deadline – as of april 5, the latest data available – the irs received 101.9 million returns, up 0.5 percent from the same period the previous tax season. it processed 100.1 million returns, down 0.3 percent.
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tax pros own 53% of e-filings

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data table

most stats are on the plus side now.

by beth bellor
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with just over two weeks before the nation’s major tax deadline, most statistics are landing on the positive side … finally.

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the irs has received 90.3 million individual income tax returns as of march 29, the latest data available, up 0.2 percent from the same period in 2023. it has processed 88.8 million returns, down 1 percent.
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tax stats still playing catchup

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data tablerefund numbers are down but amounts are up.

by beth bellor
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the end is in sight. documents are signed, buttons are pushed and tax returns are filed. the pile is growing smaller.

if you want optimism, don’t look at the latest internal revenue statistics. with the 2023 filing season opening jan. 23 and the 2024 season kicking off jan. 29, every week of 2024 reporting has seven fewer days of data than the corresponding period the previous year.

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as of the latest report, for march 22, the irs had received 80.5 million individual income tax returns and processed 79.2 million returns, down 0.3 percent and 1.4 percent respectively from last year. the impact on your firm? dare we say, none?

perhaps you’ve been the beneficiary of another stat, though … the one showing tax professionals gaining ever more ground on the self-preparers.
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letting staff go after tax season? bad idea

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eight reasons they might be more valuable than you think.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

question: i am planning on letting go of some staff after april 15 and will hire replacements at a higher level. any suggestions?

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response: 1) your implication is that you will hire replacements at a higher level.

i do not like that. i like hiring out of school and training internally. i’ve written about this many times and shared my ideas ad infinitum and will not repeat that here because you can search back to previous q&as (or read my 30:30 training method book).
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