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report: cloud users earn more than naysayers
accountants slow to adopt integrated solutions.
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small businesses that use cloud-based software to support critical business functions make more money than those that don’t, according to research reviewed by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.
companies surveyed who are embracing the cloud achieve 25 percent additional growth, while doubling their profits. those companies make up 51 percent of u.s. small businesses, with 29 percent using three or more packages. the united kingdom is close behind, with 47 percent adoption and 27 percent using three or more packages.
tax professionals find it increasingly difficult to keep up with late-changing tax regs
the number of practitioners reporting major issues with code & reg changes doubles.
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across the country, a lot of cpas felt downright punished this busy season as they got hit by problems from all sides. nobody reported earthquakes or tsunamis, but it seems a bunch got slammed by something worse than a tectonic pounding.
bam! pow! oof! yes, it was that dynamic duo, that tyrannical twosome, that yoke of you-know-whats: the united states tax code and the internal revenue service.
according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season survey, 12% percent of respondents report a busy season “much worse than last year.” another 24% had a “somewhat worse year.” add them up, and more than a third of the nation’s tax preparers suffered a painful busy season.
and the most commonly cited complaint are difficulties with the tax code, ranging from the requirements of the affordable care act to the new repair regs. read more →
the new normal: a busy season that never ends
staff woes contribute to major tax season problems
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the 2015 busy season may be one for the records. according to this year’s 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season survey, more than a third of the nation’s tax preparers report a busy season that was much worse or somewhat worse than last year, and it wasn’t just the cold and the snow. read more →
comparing winners and losers in the tax business
tax code changes emerge as prime cause of ‘worse’ tax seasons for many professionals.
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a fresh analysis of the data from the 2015 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season survey turns up several worsening situations in american tax preparation.
among those who report a “much worse” tax season, the worst-and-getting-worse cause of aggravation is the u.s. tax code and changes—especially mid-season changes—to the tax code.
but the worst among all respondents is their clientele, or more specifically, clients who are late or unprepared. a staggering 49% of respondents report client problems, a 7% increase over last year. and the percent is nearly the same for those who report a much worse season—51%—and those who had a “much better” season, 45%.