busy season

for a few: why busy season 2022 beats 2021

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one in four tax practitioners say they’ve learned from last year.

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the 2022 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer isn’t turning up much optimism, but a good quarter of respondents are telling us that this year just might be better than 2021.

judging from their comments, however, “better” seems to mean “not as bad.”

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out of the 577 practitioners who’ve responded so far, only five percent said that this year is “much better” than last year, though another 21 percent granted that so far it’s “somewhat better.”

but that’s compared with 47 percent who say it’s somewhat or much worse.

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a tax season worse than 2021?

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you’re not alone. most tax practitioners report a tougher season than last year’s.

mostly worse: barely 1 in 4 accountants report improvements over last year.

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so, how’s your busy season going? is everything fine and dandy?

or are you among the 47 percent of tax practitioners who are doing somewhat worse (34 percent) or much worse (13 percent) than last year?

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on one hand, that’s less than half of everyone. on the other, you’d think nothing could be worse than last year.

but according to the 2022 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer, somehow it’s happening.

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fear and loathing for tax season ’22

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most tax and accounting practitioners see a bleak outlook ahead.

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tax and accounting professionals are launching into busy season 2022 with widespread fears of crisis and chaos, facing a third year of pandemic conditions, the staffing shortage, a sputtering irs, and political and economic uncertainties.

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a majority of accountants are telling the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer that they are expecting an even worse year than last year, with 40 percent bracing for “somewhat” worse and 11 percent girding for “much “worse.

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busy season forecast: more chaos

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busy season barometer: 53% report a “worse” year, compared with 31% reporting “better.”

ironically, the chaos translates into expanded business.

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it was a pretty bad busy season for most of the nation’s tax preparers. covid-19 was on the wane, but congress was on the job, jiggering tax rules even as the season was underway.

and, now, with the prospects of a federal government shutdown and a multi-trillion-dollar spending bill, 2022 is shaping up to be deja vu all over again.

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to be sure, a good number of accountants are assuaged by more clients and more revenue. but the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer finds preparers experiencing a long, tough slog.

on the frontlines (from left): hochberger, wright, speed, frazier, widmann.

in all, 53 percent say they had a busy season somewhat worse (27 percent) or much worse (26 percent) than last year.

for some, it seems like a good time to call it quits. “thank you for all the love and support,” says one firm’s auto-responder to incoming emails.

“as some of you may know, this past few tax seasons have been nothing short of chaotic, to say the least,” the three-office, north carolina tax shop tells callers. “but i have enjoyed being able to assist each and every one of my clients.”

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