tax season

irs sets milestones for radically new service

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calendar pages turningwhat’s promised between now and the end of 2027.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

funded with $80 billion in new appropriations, the irs has laid out detailed plans for overhauling the service with better customer service, more online options and a modernized information technology system.

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it’s an ambitious – and necessary and long overdue – plan. can the irs pull it off?

we’ll know they can do it if they manage to hit the milestones they’ve set for the next few years. if they do, the united states may be on the road to a just and user-friendly system of tax collection.
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pros filing 54% of individual tax returns

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data tabletotal refunds down 10 percent.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

with 11 days to go in the tax season, the internal revenue service was seeing red. only two of its weekly data points were on the plus side, and those at less than 1 percent.

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the irs received 101.3 million individual income tax returns as of april 7, the latest data available. that’s down 1.9 percent from the same period in 2022.
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irs promises 12 customer service initiatives

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illustrative flowchart of customer servicebut can it deliver?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the inflation reduction act, which increases the irs budget by $80 billion over the next 10 years, has already allowed the irs to write a new strategic operating plan for the years 2023-2031.

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but can the irs really accomplish what it plans?

if so, we could see a wonderful new tax collection agency that is fair, efficient, helpful, modern and serious about enforcement.
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clientele and revenues rising, but …

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… is expansion cutting into profits?

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

client rosters, revenue and profits all seem to be rising, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer – and rising more than expected.

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most impressive, and curious, is the radical rise in numbers of clients. for 22 percent of respondents, clientele has expanded by more than 10 percent. another 43 percent have seen increases of 5 to 10 percent. only 13 percent have seen any significant decrease.
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should tax preparers be certified competent?

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four recommendations for congress.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

sad news for all you enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, attorneys, cpas and other trained, competent tax preparers: you wasted your time and money on education. it turns out incompetence isn’t illegal. there are no standards, no mandatory credentials. anyone can claim to be a tax preparer.

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best of all, when an incompetent preparer makes a mistake, it’s only taxpayers and the irs that suffer.
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