busy season

data points down as tax season opens

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data chartdiys, refunds are up.

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by beth bellor

filings were behind last year’s marks as tax season opened, according to the irs, and pros handled about 35 percent of e-filings.

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the internal revenue service received 15.8 million individual income tax returns for the week ending jan. 31 – the first of the season and just five days long – down by 1.6 percent from the year before. it had processed 12.9 million returns, down 2.7 percent, for a processing rate of 82 percent.
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accountants cautiously bullish on the economy

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“local optimism” a bit better than last year.

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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

when cpas talk about the economy, people listen. they listen because accountants have their finger on the pulse of the economy. they look at real numbers all day. they look at where the numbers are coming from and where they’re probably going. it’s what they do.

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for that reason, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间’ 2020 busy season barometer steps back from strictly tax issues to ask how things look economically. the answers are always interesting.

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the fight for new tax clients

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and will refunds reverse their downward trend?

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by beth bellor

the irs is about to roll out its first filing statistics of 2020, but before it does, let’s recap 2019.

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first, the market share: how many individual income tax returns were filed, and how many of those were touched by accountants?
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[survey results] tax pro’s upbeat on cusp of busy season

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higher revenues and net profits. what’s not to like?

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it may be too soon to say for sure, but america’s tax pros think we might be coming up on a pretty good tax season – more clients, no big new tax rules, software up and running, staff up to speed on last year’s tax cuts and jobs act.

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granted, this is a comparison with last year, an annus horribilis that will go down in annals of accountancy. remember? a major overhaul of tax rules. a shortage of new forms. software suddenly obsolete. clients confused. and the irs shuttered for a government shutdown.
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