tax season

the only 3 metrics you need

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a totally virtual firm outlines the metrics it uses to measure staffers.

by jody grunden
summit cpa group

if you want to grow your accounting firm, it’s important to evaluate the effectiveness of your process on a regular basis. you want to be aware of what’s working well and what’s not. you also want to continually be improving upon your services over time.

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there are three things you can specifically monitor when it comes to the effectiveness of your team. here’s how we do it at summit cpa group. maybe these ideas will work for you too.
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the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns

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data chartwhile tax professionals’ efiling pace remains stalled, diyers grow by 4 million.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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by beth bellor

with less than a month to go before 2020’s extended tax deadline, the grind continues.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed
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and the question is: where are 10 million tax returns that should have been filed by now by professionals?

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covid cuts accounting profits

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two views on tax season from texas: john lister and jonathan kaplow

a shift in the wrong direction.

busy season barometer:
how accountants are battling the coronavirus recession
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

every business in the country, if not the world, is feeling the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. outside of the tech sector, the impact has been largely negative. every business is suffering. so, relatively speaking, the tax and accounting sector may be getting off easy.

more trends in surveys & research: seven ways covid has changed busy season | getting a handle on covid | covid crushes cpa business outlook |  is the worst over? 63% of small business say so | beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients | clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down | covid crushes rosey forecasts | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 | feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector | tax season pivots to covid rescue season | planning for the coronavirus recession | how accountants are coping with covid-19 |

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according to the latest data from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer, about 39 percent of firms are still expecting to see an increase in business, but overall optimism seems to be dipping even as the economy begins to reboot.

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getting a handle on covid

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views from the front lines: victoria martin, elaine kovner, gary zeune

accountants show new signs of optimism as fears of covid chaos wane.

how to battle the coronavirus recession
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the turning of a terrible tide of covid pessimism has been neither quick nor clear-cut as the endless busy season of 2020 drags on, according to new findings and analysis from the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer.

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the outlook certainly isn’t back to where it was in the sunny days of february. but hopes for a better year have edged up from 23 percent in april to 27 percent in may.

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pros filing more returns than diyers

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chart of irs tax return data for the week ending june 5, 2020… in the tax season that never ends.

by beth bellor

bleak but slightly less so.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed | tax pros trail by 908,000 returns
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that’s probably the best way to categorize the trends in the most recent data from the internal revenue service.

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beat the covid crisis with these 20 steps for your firm and your clients

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the ultimate checklist for focusing on cash, communication, continuity – and accepting uncertainty.

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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the toll of covid-19 on business will be an ongoing trauma. it ain’t gonna be over ’til it’s over, and that ain’t gonna be for a long, long time.

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to survive, tax and accounting practices are going to need to take precautionary and proactive measures to ensure their financial continuity. those measures must necessarily include guidance for clients to help them survive. because failing clients mean failing firms.

crisis management is a lot easier if it starts before the crisis hits. here are some steps that accountants can take for themselves and their clients, gleaned from the thousands of accountants and advisors we’ve been hearing from over the past several weeks. read more →

pro tax prep stalls to a crawl amid covid-extended season

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data chartpros hold the margin, but barely.

by beth bellor

new tax filing statistics show only a couple of upticks over last year: diy e-filings and irs website traffic, suggesting tax practitioners have hit the big “pause” button on tax season 2020.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed | tax pros trail by 908,000 returns | tax pro irs filings lag by 532,000
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then again, if you’re in i.t. at the irs, that might not be such happy news.
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covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting

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two years of steady gains wiped out in one month

profession loses four years of job growth in the first month of the coronavirus recession, reversing years of steady gains.

by beth bellor

crushed by the covid-19 pandemic, the tax and accounting profession has fallen below 1 million employees for the first time in two years – way below, and that may be just the tip of the iceberg, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

more on jobs and hiring trends:  planning for the coronavirus recession  |  pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs  |  the fight for new tax clients  |  tax & accounting headcounts hit record high   |  hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off   |  what staffing shortage?   |  payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry   |
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

the data comes with a big asterisk.

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clients, revenues, profits – trending down, down, down

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eckelkamp, neilson, blank: clients late, clients new, clients in need

pandemic cuts profits at 42% of firms, client numbers off at 29%, and revenues down at 38%.

the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 business barometer
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

like just about every other business in the world, cpa practices are hunkering down for a year of hard times. yet a third of them think they can buck the odds and see some increase this year.

more:  saving 10,000 businesses from the covid crash  | the seven factors keeping accounting firms afloat amid covid-19 [survey results] |  feeling the pain? the biggest job losses by client sector  |  tax season pivots to covid rescue season  |  how accountants are coping with covid-19 |  survey: confronting coronavirus chaos | planning for the coronavirus recession | tax season turns ugly under coronavirus | tax season turns ugly under coronavirus | coronavirus culture-shift hits accounting firms | 41 items to check on business tax returns | tax season funnies: the poetic versions | how to stop drowning in covid tax deadlines [webinar]

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back in the bullish days of february, the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 2020 busy season barometer was reflecting expectations of more clients, burgeoning revenue, and increased profit, with a medium-chance of more extensions.

but these bearish days see most practitioners expecting a year stagnant at best and quite likely worse than stagnant in all benchmarks of success.

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